Best 12 quotes of Natascha Kampusch on MyQuotes

And the victim must have been broken and must remain so, so that the externalization of evil is possible. The victim who refuses to assume this role contradicts society's simplistic view. Nobody wants to see it. People would have to take a look at themselves.

Avevo innescato una bomba. La miccia bruciava e non c'era nessuna possibilità di spegnerla. Avevo scelto la vita. Al rapitore non rimase che la morte.

Inimesel on võime isegi kõige ebanormaalsemas olukorras näha näilist normaalsust, et iseennast mitte kaotada.

Our society needs criminals like Wolfgang Priklopil in order to give a face to the evil that lives within and to split it off from ... It needs the images of cellar dungeons so as not to have to see the many homes in which violence rears its conformist, bourgeois head. Society uses the victims of sensational cases such as mine in order to divest itself of the responsibility for the many nameless victims of daily crimes, victims nobody helps – even when they ask for help.

people do not emphasize with victims and give them limitless sympathy, but can very quickly switch to aggression and rejection

People love the victim only when they can feel superior to them.

Questa società ha bisogno di criminali come Wolfgang Priklopil, per dare un volto al male che vi risiede e per scinderlo da se stessa. Ha bisogno delle immagini delle prigioni nelle cantine per non dover guardare alle tante case e ai giardini, dove la violenza mostra il suo volto conformista, piccolo borghese. Usa le vittime di casi spettacolari come il mio per non sentirsi responsabile delle tante vittime dei crimini di tutti i giorni che rimangono senza nome e che non vengono aiutate, neppure quando chiedono aiuto

See ühiskond vajab Wolfgang Priklopili suguseid kurjategijaid, et anda nägu sellele kurjale, mis temas elab, ja see endast ise eraldada. Ta vaja pilte keldrikongidest, selleks et ei peaks nägema paljusid kortereid ja aedu, kus vägivald näitab oma kodanlikku palet. Ta kasutab minusuguseid kõmuliste juhtumite ohvreid selleks, et vabastada end vastututusest igapäevaseste kuritegude paljude nimetute ohvrite ees, keda ei aidata - isegi siis, kui nad abi paluvad.

Suicide seemed to me the greatest kind of freedom, a release from everything, from a life that had been ruined a long time ago.

That day wasn't the first time I had attempted suicide. Simply disappearing into the distant nothingness where there was no pain and no more feelings - back then I thought it an act of empowerment. Otherwise I had very little power to make any decisions about my life, my body, my actions. Taking my own life seemed my last trump card.

...victims of violent crime are not always believed... [referring to victim testimony at serial killer and pedophile Marc Detroux's trial]

We live in a world in which women are battered and are unable to flee from the men who beat them, although their door is theoretically standing wide open. One out of every four women becomes a victim of severe violence. One out of every two will be confronted by sexual harassment over her lifetime. These crimes are everywhere and can take place behind any front door in the country, every day, and barely elicit much more than a shrug of the shoulders and superficial dismay.