Quotes About Support

He put his chin on the top of my head. "I know." He wrapped both arms around me just above my chest and pulled me against him. - Stefan (Bone Crossed)

It would have been humiliating if he hadn't been clutching me back just as hard.

There is something about having someone take care of you, even when you don't need it – maybe especially when you don't need it.

I only knew that Adam was hurt, and I wasn't there to make him safe.

It is my privilege," I said carefully, trying not to tweak his pride, "to do those things that are easier for me than for you. You do the same for me.

She doesn't need me to make sure she has enough food or a place to live—that is my privilege, but she doesn't need me to do that. She doesn't need me to keep her safe or to make her a whole person. She doesn't need me to do anything except love her. Which I do.

but his instincts were instilled a long time ago. You are going to have to help him with that and be patient with him.

Love means leaving yourself vulnerable, knowing that there is someone to catch you when you fall.

When you're sixteen, sometimes you need the adults in the room to step in.

need me to make sure she has enough food or a place to live—that is my privilege, but she doesn't need me to do that. She doesn't need me to keep her safe or to make her a whole person. She doesn't need me to do anything except love her. Which I do.

A friend in danger is not someone who should be deserted. Safety is not always the right path. (Sylvia)

Sometimes, though, you have to do things for family, even if you'd rather not.

Verbal abusers block discussions because they are not willing to talk with their mates on an equal basis. The abuser prevents the possibility of mutual support and planning together and so deprives himself and his partner of the many benefits such partnership would bring.

By recognizing the abuse for what it is, the partner dispels the

In a verbally abusive relationship, the partner's need to understand and to be understood is not met.

It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden.

Humans need each other for equilibrium and support. But writers must pull aside to take a quiet walk alone, not just for the sake of serenity but to hear the Voice inside. That is how the storyteller connects with with others--listen, write, share.

I know that it isn't just violence against women, it's how do we support ourselves and our families, how do we deal with health care for ourselves and our families? It's a bigger picture.

Some of us may just, in one-on-one conversations with our family, with our friends, over the back fence with our neighbors, talk about the reality of our lives and realize that we're not alone, that we have a right to be physically safe and emotionally safe in our own homes.

Husbands come and go, children come and eventually they go. Friends grow up and move away. But the one thing that's never lost is your sister.

Sisters function as safety nets in a chaotic world simply by being there for each other." —Carol Saline

Protection involves caring about her emotions more than the content of what she says. You can disagree with the content, as long as you value her.

Be there with your partner's feelings. Don't ignore them, try to "fix it," or try to talk about it or drag him or her out of it.

This is an important point about parenting, too. You're not going to help your sons and daughters by telling them that they shouldn't feel the way they do. You'll help them by being in the emotion with them for a few moments while they work their own way out of it.