Yusef Komunyakaa & Chad Gracia, Gilgamesh: A Verse Play
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the flood
Bible pictures (William de Brailes), Oxford ca. 1250
Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, W.106, fol. 3r
- Stop assuming that everyone has been treated well by that family.
- Respect is not freely given, it is earned. You don’t owe anyone respect. You do not owe anyone anything.
- This line is used repeatedly in abusive situations. It is frequently used in emotional abuse in the form of gaslighting to make the survivor doubt their perceptions of events. It also is frequently used to control, manipulate and coerce behaviour.