Fear, ” she says, “is more powerful than pain.

Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.

Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.

No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.

I could never hurt him enough to make his betrayal stop hurting. And it hurts, in every part of my body.

I feel bare. I didn't realize I wore my secrets as armor until they were gone and now everyone sees me as I really am.

Ingenuity requires creativity.

It would be nice if life worked this way, stripping the dirt from our lives and sending us back out into the world clean. But some dirt is destined to lingered.

I think about pressing myself against him, but I can't, because all our secrets would keep a space between us.

You don't have to tell me everything right away, but I have to tell you everything right away? Can't you see how stupid that is?

I have discovered that sitting still leaves little spaces for the grief to get in, so I stay busy.

What's wrong with people is people. There's no cure for that.

If words are power then silence is superpower.

Fate isn't set in stone. Free will can change everything

We were what seemed important then, not some label.

I'm not a vegetarian, but I have cut back sharply on the meat that I eat.

I am a daylight atheist.

Do you know whether or not you are in God's grace? Joan: If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me.

Instant gratification in photography is not something that I need or desire. I find that the long, slow journey to the final print captivates me far more.

God uses prepared people.

Dryden 's genius was of that sort which catches fire by its own motion; his chariot wheels get hot by driving fast.