“My father had seen in a flash that they were all gunmen, so he told me to stand still, although we were right in a possible line of fire. If near a gun-fight and the weapons are wielded by amateurs, run for your life; if professionals are handling the trigger, stand still — they know where they are shooting.”
Source: My Life East & West
“I was glad to get in that stall. It was a funny feeling, being naked and fighting a man with a gun. I didn’t like it. I felt the bullets would hurt more, naked.”
Source: Solomon's Vineyard
“Moss should’ve realized the absolute worst way to make sure Sally stayed in the room was to vehemently object to her leaving.
- A Desperate Journey”
Source: A Desperate Journey
“I don’t remember anything about the accident that changed my life. All I knew was what seemed like an endless, foggy dream.”
Source: Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power
“This indignation builds up an accumulation of anger over the many ways I am being reminded by the system then and now of my inferiority. This gradual anger over one humiliation after another may be hard for men to understand and even women who have not had the need to seek redress from perpetrators and who have been allowed to grow as I did in my youth unhindered, protected from male dominated themes like the military."47
(47 - paraphrased from Gurko, Miriram, The Ladies of Seneca Falls; the Birth of the Women's Rights Movement, 1974.”
Source: Conduct Unbecoming: Rape, Torture, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from Military Commanders
“She learned to make it easier for herself, to evade pain by preparing her body to receive him. She learned to acquire some control so she was not always at his mercy, to delay and postpone, and to feign enjoyment. She said no when she could, and fought back when he rebuked her, returning vicious abuse to his hectoring threats. It was a nightmare she could not tell anyone about.”
Source: Theft
“Everyone is the right person for the right person.”
“Good sleep hygiene means making the conditions in your bedroom as conducive as possible to sleep. That means banishing all electronic screens--no TVs, no tablets, or phones.”
Source: The Mood Book: Crystals, Oils, and Rituals to Elevate Your Spirit
“Le jeu dechec, sige de Franske, n'est pas assez jeu: Det er, Skakspill og andre af samme Betydelse, er ikke Spill, men et Studium. Saadant kand man presentere dem, som intet have at bestille, og som af Ørkesløshed kand frygte for Hiernens Forrustelse, men ikke arbeydsomme Folk, der udi Spill og Selskab søge Recreation.”
Source: Epistler
“Haley is mine, and I won’t go another day without her for anyone.” ~ Lachlan Jackson”
Source: Tease My Desires: Lachlan & Haley Part II