“To be defined by another is the worst form of abuse”

“Tough love is nothing but an excuse and another form of abuse...from the hands that can.”

“…is methodical abuse, often using indoctrination, aimed at breaking the will of another human being. In a 1989 report, the Ritual Abuse Task Force of the L.A. County Commission for Women defined ritual abuse as: “Ritual Abuse usually involves repeated abuse over an extended period of time. The physical abuse is severe, sometimes including torture and killing. The sexual abuse is usually painful,humiliating, intended as a means of gaining dominance over the victim.The psychological abuse is devastating and involves the use of ritual indoctrination. It includes mind control techniques which convey to the victim a profound terror of the cult members …most victims are in a state of terror, mind control and dissociation” (Pg. 35-36)”

“Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst...They are for nothing but to inspire.”

“Fame is a form - perhaps the worst form - of incomprehension.”

“Poverty is the worst form of violence.”