"I have forgiven you for what you did to me and my kids, and you have no control over me anymore."

Amy's abusive ex-husband was continuing to call her cell phone:
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At some point, Amy said she'd simply had enough. . . .
"I was so angry and filled with hate, but I actually felt sorry for him, because I knew him as a person, and there is a legitimately good side of him, and he's had a horrible life as a child, which is not an excuse, but he doesn't know anything different.  So I said, 'I have forgiven you for what you did to me and my kids, and you have no control over me anymore.'  There was dead silence, and it felt like an eternity, and he hung up.  And I have never heard from him since then. When they know that they don't have control, they don't want you anymore."

Hoda Kotb with Jane Lorenzini. Ten Years Later: Six People Who Faced Adversity and Transformed Their Lives, Chapter 1 - the life of Amy Barnes. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2013, page 18.