I think bravery means a different thing to everyone.

So when I say that I am a refugee, you must understand that there is no refuge.

A scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.

Looking after a very sick child was the Olympics of parenting.

A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.

At some point you just have to turn around and face your life head on.

Our own personal brand of courage - in relationships, in conflict, in our principles ­ - is as unique as our fingerprints.

I’m telling you, trouble is like the ocean. It covers two thirds of the world.

I could not stop talking because now I had started my story, it wanted to be finished. We cannot choose where to start and stop. Our stories are the tellers of us.

We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, 'I survived'.

It is certainly impossible to imagine forgiving the enemy while their animus remains undefeated.

I will greet this day with love in my heart. And how will I do this? Henceforth will I look on all things with love and be born again. I will love the sun for it warms my bones

Sethian grabbed my trembling hips in a bruising hold and began to thrust up into me almost violently, capturing my lips again in an equally bruising kiss.

If I had a choice, if I had understood earlier that the reason my days were all the same was because I wanted them like that, perhaps...

The earliest you can play Christmas music is on Thanksgiving.

A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion.

I've always wondered, how did Hitler get away with so much for so long?

You know I need a dream Like I need my breath We need to take the life Before we get the death You know I need your love Like I need the light Yes I need the chance Can it be tonight?

I don't deal in frustration. I'm a fighter. And everything I've ever gotten, I've had to fight for.

I have spent a lot of time searching through the Bible for loopholes.

Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen.