| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 150f1b5 | It all I can do not to cry. I make myself wood I say to myself, Celie, you a tree. That's how I come to know trees fear man. | persona comfort change defence dehumanisation abuse-survivor tree wood | Alice Walker | |
| 804798d | He beat me when you not here, I say. Who do, she say, Albert? Mr ____, I say. I can't believe it, she say. She sit down on the bench next to me real hard, like she drop. What he beat you for? she ast. For being me and not you. | violence jealousy abuse-survivor wife-beater envy | alice walker |