WHY DO WE STAY great question.
The answer is simple, we are afraid
1. to be alone
2. to be alone with yourself

BEING ALONE today is not <normal> being without a partner, husband, etc... it is simply understood that you have someone, and what kind of person he is is another question. People today base their relationship on sexuality, and passion is not a sustainable foundation. Because we can also feel passion towards others. So many are tied to someone sexually and everything else is unstable - there is no partnership, friendship, empathy, etc

BEING ALONE WITH YOURSELF many are insecure and do not have enough courage to pave their own way, that's why they are looking for someone

but the saddest thing is being ALONE and having someone next to you - and not having LOVE

If I could speak all languages,
and I wouldn't have love,
I would be brass that groans
or a tinkling cymbal,
just dust and smoke without love.


If I had the gift of prophecy
and knew the secrets of all knowledge.
If by the power of faith I were to move above,
without love I am nothing.


Love is patient,
love is benevolent,
she does not envy
do not boast, do not be arrogant;
she's not polite, she doesn't ask for her own,
she is not irritable, forgives, forgets evil.


Prophecy, it will disappear;
tongues, tongues will be silent;
Knowledge, it will disappear;
Only love will never end...


Love is patient,
love is benevolent,
she does not envy
do not boast, do not be arrogant;
she's not polite, she doesn't ask for her own,
she is not irritable, forgives, forgets evil.

With amazing insight, Stephanie Quayle shares her story, one so personal yet written in a way that others can relate to. Her words allow the things she has learned in life to penetrate their own damaged hearts on the way to finding healing too.

The necessity of this books existence breaks my heart. I feel this book deep in my bones. Domestic violence needs to end. Thank you Netgalley for my advanced copy.