Stockholm Syndrome Quotes

• I mean, they call it Stockholm Syndrome and post traumatic stress disorder. And, you know, I had no free will. I had virtually no free will until I was separated from them for about two weeks.

  Patty Hearst

  Stress, Mean, Two

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• Maybe it was a Patty Hearst thing. Stockholm syndrome or whatever it's called when you're being held against your will but then you become sucked in and fall in love. Or if not exactly love, you fall into something you can't see out of. 'I can't shoot a machine gun' becomes 'Hey, this hardly has any kick-back!

  Augusten Burroughs

  Falling In Love, Love You, Gun

  Augusten Burroughs (2004). “Running With Scissors”, p.106, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Stop it. Do not feel safe with him. The Stockholm Syndrome is not your friend.

  J.R. Ward

  Safe, Syndromes, Feels

  J.R. Ward (2007). “Lover Unbound: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.152, Penguin

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• I've always been intrigued by Stockholm Syndrome. Reminds me of my childhood.

  Jonathan Ames

  Childhood, Syndromes, Bored To Death

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• I definitely have a kind of Stockholm Syndrome for superhero movies because it's very clear that's the era we're in. It's like Christianity in the Middle Ages.

  Wesley Morris

  Superhero, Age, Eras

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• Did vampirism encourage Stockholm syndrome?

  MaryJanice Davidson

  Syndromes, Stockholm, Vampirism

  MaryJanice Davidson (2004). “Undead and Unwed: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.60, Penguin

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• Authors who moan with praise for their editors always seem to reek slightly of the Stockholm syndrome.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Writing, Editors, Praise

  Christopher Hitchens (2013). “Blood, Class and Empire: The Enduring Anglo-American Relationship”, p.8, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Women, who are the prime victims of religion, and perhaps in some, stockholm syndrome effect, often form the most fervent advocates of the very thing that degrades them. I believe that in the end, it will be women who will turn this around. This should be the final stage of feminism. For a feminist to still believe in god is like a freed slave still living on the plantation.

  Matthew Chapman

  Believe, Feminist, Feminism

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