"There's a place in you that you must keep inviolate. You must keep it pristine, clean. So that nobody has a right to curse you or treat you badly. Nobody. No mother, father, no wife, no husband, nobody. Because maybe that is the place you go to when you meet God. You have to have a place where you say: 'Stop it. Back up. Say ‘no’ when it’s no, say so, back it up because that place has to remain clean and clear."
Maya Angelou
https://youtu.be/aHvTWvKIPHo?t=92