#verbal

When I am at a straight club, which is like once a year, if a man even looks in my direction, I verbally attack him. ↗

— Jill Bennett

#attack #club #direction #even #him

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end. ↗

— George Orwell

#bring #chaos #connected #decay #end

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood. ↗

— Audre Lorde

#believe #bruised #come #even #having

Ugly and ungainly. The least dependable creature you ever met. Just when you think you understand her, she changes. If only I had a son," he said bitterly. Over and over he disparaged her, and George would have thought that Beatrice would be so used to it, she could not be hurt further. But he saw her neck grow stiffer and stiffer. ↗

— Mette Ivie Harrison

#father #feelings #hurt #king #princess

From her dubious tone alone, I could see how Karin had no idea how terrifying words spoken quietly could be. How words chosen precisely to wreak maximum damage ticked like a bomb in your head, but exploded in your heart hours later, leaving you scarred and changed. ↗

— Justina Chen

#emotional-wounds #verbal-abuse #words #beauty

Again, I find it difficult to be taken care of and rarely acknowledge it, and every act he does registers, but I also just need to verbally acknowledge him and hug him. ↗

— Patricia Heaton

#act #again #also #care #difficult

My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty. ↗

— Ian Hislop

#done #force #funny #gone #hadn