Rape Quotes

“Taking the law into your own hands, fuck what's wrong with that?”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Rape: A Love Story

“A jury is as bright as the dumbest member of the jury”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Rape: A Love Story

“HUSBAND: Is something wrong?
BETHIE: Why--why do you ask?
HUSBAND: You looked so lonely, suddenly. As if you'd forgotten I'm here.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Rape: A Love Story

“You spared the adults in your household. You learned how if a thing is not
spoken of, even those closest to you, who love you, will assume that it doesn’t exist.”
― Joyce Carol Oates, Rape: A Love Story