Gaslighting Quotes

“People dull their wits with gibberish,
and cannot use their ears and eyes.

Many fail to grasp what they have seen,
and cannot judge what they have learned,
although they tell themselves they know.”
― Heraclitus, Fragments

“I felt violated, yet I had no voice, no ability to express that. I was conditioned to believe any boundary I wanted was a betrayal of her, so I stayed silent. Cooperative.”
― Jennette McCurdy

“The healing doesn’t happen in the rewind. It happens in the pause. In the breath. In the moment you choose yourself again.”
― Tracy A Malone

“People who do you wrong will almost always blame you for it.”
― Maranda Pleasant, Origin: Music, Art, Yoga & Consciousness

“Trust is when I can close my eyes near you, and even my thoughts are at peace.”
― Oneal Walters

“You turned your back on a kneeling woman.”
― Oneal Walters, The Empty Couple: A Thriller

“You turned your back on a kneeling woman. - Ruth Ezrah”
― Oneal Walters, The Empty Couple: A Thriller

“I’ve fought enough, can’t fight anymore. - Ruth Ezrah”
― Oneal Walters, The Empty Couple: A Thriller

“I can’t do this. I’m sorry. I have no idea what happened just then, but I can’t be with someone where I’m constantly feeling doubt about all my thoughts and instincts. I’ve done that before and it’s destructive.”
― Dianna Hardy, Blood Surge

“What if the nose really did get longer with each lie told? I wonder if people would stop telling lies or if they would lie about why their nose is 12' long.”
― Niedria D. Kenny

“What follows is my best effort to shed as much light as possible on events that have not simply been forgotten or left in the dark, but relegated to the attic, or the ash can, or the metaphorical darkness of fear and shame, and to reignite Plath's fire in the parlor where her fans squint to read by flickering gaslight; above them, the man searches the attic for the jewels he hid too well.What follows is my best effort to shed as much light as possible on events that have not simply been forgotten or left in the dark, but relegated to the attic, or the ash can, or the metaphorical darkness of fear and shame, and to reignite Plath's fire in the parlor where her fans squint to read by flickering gaslight; above them, the man searches the attic for the jewels he hid too well.”
― Emily Van Duyne, Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation

“Your tongue-be-damned smirks
Sinister hush-hush
Your psycho-circus alluring quirks
Drama pit rush-rush”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Not Your Kind: The Gaslit Files

“Do you dare dismiss the poetess;
Fuck up her mind with your toxic kiss?
Do you dare hide the razors and knives
to bore her with your shallow dives?
Do you dare dream of a grand vacation
fucking your side chick at the Days Inn?
Do you dare ask to have your glass refilled
after ordering the hit for her spirit killed?
Do you dare daydream of a life so fair
while making hers a waking nightmare?
Do you dare not answer, darling?
Do you not hear Karma calling...”
― Casey Renee Kiser, Not Your Kind: The Gaslit Files

“When people take advantage of our generosity, even when we know they’re wrong, their words still sink in a bit. Perhaps it strengthens the narrative from when we were young, that something was wrong with us—thinking it was our fault when clearly it wasn’t, and perhaps even that we’re responsible for the misbehavior of others.


If you were blamed for your own abuse as a kid, or no one ever believed you, these issues can resurface in your adult relationships, and your businesses are not immune.”
― Maranda Pleasant, Origin: Music, Art, Yoga & Consciousness

“My nightmare-man comes SO LOUD;
he comes often, bores me and collects
my wrist cuts-
oh he cuts, he cuts, HE CUTS
Promises me I’m in the black book, he checks,
ha! Yes! Top ten mind-fuckable sluts! Cold cuts;
licks his knives and hands me his double tongue
I say, ‘Oh baby, JUST BREATHE’
as I rip out his dreamy lungs. Can’t gaslight
a FiRestARTeR, dragons up my sleeve; alchemy
Now HE can’t wAke up ‘cause my flames
will never leave

until he’s ready to be a dReAm.


(N i gh tMARE Crush outtakes)”
― Casey Renee Kiser, NightMARE Crush

“Anyone who stood up to the lies spreading over pro-Duterte and pro-Marcos disinformation networks was gaslit, or told they were crazy. What the bad guys were doing, they ascribed to the good guys.”
― Maria Ressa, How to Stand Up to a Dictator

“They always call it connection when it’s just control with a softer name.”
― Arabella Sveinsdottir, Deer Here He Stares: A Neo-Noir Descent Into Obsession, Psychological Delusion, Digital Predators, and the Quiet Girl Who Watches the Watchers

“He tried to wear my voice, then wear my life. He cannot have either.”
― Arabella Sveinsdottir, Copycat Crush: A Gritty Urban Thriller About Imitation, Theft, and a Man Who Loves You So Hard He Becomes Your Biggest Hater

“You copied entire lines, then called me jealous when I noticed my own reflection in your sentences.”
― Arabella Sveinsdottir, Copycat Crush: A Gritty Urban Thriller About Imitation, Theft, and a Man Who Loves You So Hard He Becomes Your Biggest Hater

“Your worth has nothing to do with your performance.”
― Tracy A Malone

“You know the truth of your heart even if they refuse to see it.”
― Tracy A Malone

“With the right tools, you can shift from chaos to clarity and protect your children from the psychological games narcissists play.”
― Tracy A Malone

“Even if you feel pushed out, do not fully close the door. Narcissistic relationships are unstable. When cracks appear, your child needs a safe path home not shame.”
― Tracy A Malone

“Understanding the dynamics of narcissistic abuse, trauma bonding, and estrangement gives you tools not just to cope, but to eventually reconnect from a place of strength.”
― Tracy A Malone

“You’re allowed to live even as you wait, even as you pray for reconnection. Taking care of yourself isn’t giving up; it’s surviving.”
― Tracy A Malone

“You are not the same person you were when the rupture happened. You’ve learned, you’ve grown, you’ve grieved. You are still becoming. And that’s happening in the present”
― Tracy A Malone

“None of that is happening in this moment. Right now, you’re breathing. You have a choice. You have life. You have moments in front of you that are still yours to live, moments that don’t belong to the estrangement unless you give them away”
― Tracy A Malone

“With time, awareness, and healing tools, the loops will loosen. The thoughts will come less often. You’ll get longer stretches of peace. And one day, you’ll notice you’re not thinking about them at all.”
― Tracy A Malone

“Be kind to yourself. You’ve been through mental warfare. Rumination is not weakness it’s a sign that your body and brain are trying to make sense of the trauma.”
― Tracy A Malone

“A monster, John? Or a man who understands the true nature of the human psyche? Who understands that sometimes, to heal, one must break? To guide, one must control?”
― Andreo Romera, The Old Asylum: A Haunting Gothic Psychological Thriller