[Domestic violence is] a carefully laid physical, financial and psychological trap.

It's incredibly dangerous to leave an abuser, because the final step in the domestic violence pattern is: kill her.

Domestic abuse happens only in intimate, interdependent, long-term relationships - in other words, in families - the last place we would want or expect to find violence.

Family violence is a criminal act; perpetrators, while often former victims themselves, need to accept culpability.

We should hold abusers — and no one else — responsible for the damage they inflict.

Women are naturally competitive. That's what drives women to form cliques at early age.

Children are made readers on the laps of their parents.

We tell ourselves stories in order to live.

The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.

I'll bridge these hills with graceful arches

Doubt is faith's shadow.

I think Van Sant is the most important American director we have. He takes the most risks. He's just pure to me.

I like the girls in Ecuador. They are more gentle and trusting, more innocent. They are not as suspicious of strangers as Colombian girls.

Internal victories precede external victories.

Missionary service is a priesthood duty.

Everybody's seen a stream or a wood they knew replaced by a strip mall.