# Zero-Priced Harm Teaches the Aggressor by Bryant McGill > “The deepest danger in a toxic relationship is not hatred. It is zero-priced harm—in other words, consequence-free harm—because every injury that costs the aggressor nothing teaches them what they can do again.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Chimping Out, “Make yourself too expensive to harm,” September 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Author-supplied exact source:** [[books/Chimping Out|Chimping Out]], “Make yourself too expensive to harm,” September 2026 — the Reminder reproduces the complete standalone quotation marked in the authored section without changing its wording. The gloss “in other words, consequence-free harm” preserves the mechanism while retaining Bryant’s term “zero-priced harm.” - **Associated author recording:** [“Chimping Out - Make yourself too expensive to harm”](https://soundcloud.com/bryantmcgill/chimping-out-make-yourself-too) — the recording embedded directly above the authored section. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Book:** [[books/Chimping Out|Chimping Out]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Pricing Literacy|Pricing Literacy]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Pricing Literacy|Pricing Literacy]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The deepest danger in a toxic relationship is not hatred. It is zero-priced harm—in other words, consequence-free harm—because every injury that costs the aggressor nothing teaches them what they can do again.” — Bryant McGill, Chimping Out, “Make yourself too expensive to harm,” September 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-zero-priced-harm-teaches-aggressor ```