Silent Treatment Quotes

• Emotional abuse is any type of abuse that is not physical in nature. It can include everything from verbal abuse to the silent treatment, domination to subtle manipulation.

  Beverly Engel

  Emotional, Abuse, Domestic Violence

  "Emotionally Abused Women". Interview with David Roberts, www.healthyplace.com.

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• Ooh, the silent treatment.

  Ally Carter

  Silent, Treatment

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• On those days when we're not ready to stop being offended, not ready to forgive, still determined to dish out the silent treatment, what we're actually saying is, "Thanks, but I don't want to become more like the Savior today. Maybe tomorrow, but not today." Perhaps those are the times when we need to pray the hardest, the times it becomes clear that a change in behavior is not enough--that we must have a change in nature.

  Sheri L. Dew

  Maybe Tomorrow, Forgiving, Needs

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• The worst expression of the Prophet’s (Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wa Sallam) anger towards his wife was that he would remain silent.

  Nouman Ali Khan

  Family, Marriage, Husband

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• And they lived happily (aside from a few normal disagreements, misunderstandings, pouts, silent treatments, and unexpected calamities) ever after.

  Jean Ferris

  Normal, Unexpected, Ever After

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• Created a word game to play with a person you're fighting with. Silent Treatment. Nothing happens until one of you quietly says, Hey, you hungry?

  Dane Cook

  Fighting, Games, Play

  FaceBook post by Dane Cook from Sep 04, 2014

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• We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner - by giving them the silent treatment. In so doing, we have weakened, not strengthened, our bargaining position and our leadership.

  Theodore C. Sorensen

  Leadership, Iran, Korea

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• When your woman gives you the silent treatment, say you're sorry, or you'll find out how truly sorry you are when her monologue resumes.

  Wes Fesler

  Sorry, Apology, Giving

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• The older I got, the more apparent it became that my mother was losing control over me. She fought back fiercely with black moods, silent treatments and martyrdom. And, of course, all she did was run my ass out of the house even quicker. The pressure was unbearable.

  George Carlin

  Mother, Running, Losing Control

  Source: reprints.longform.org

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