I think it's the human spirit inside of all of us that has an enormous capacity to survive.

Every day I have many choices to make about who I want to be.

The road to recovery will not always be easy, but I will take it one day at a time, focusing on the moments I've dreamed about for so long.

I'm afraid of elevators, because they are an enclosed space, but I get in.

Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain.

Christmas was the one time of year when my brothers surfaced at home, when my parents and grandparents congregated to eat my mother's roast turkey.

Getting on a plane is hard for me, but I do it, because travel is vital to me.

I've realized that the world is, in essence, full of banana peels - loaded with things that may unwittingly trip an internal wire in my mind, opening a floodgate of fears without warning.

I used my captors names every chance I had. It was intentional, a way of reminding them that I saw them, of pegging them, of making them see me in return.

Forgiving is not an easy thing to do.

I don't think I'm unusual in that, in my 20s, like many people, I felt invincible.

Atlas said, 'Must my future be so heavy?' Hera said, 'That is your present, Atlas. Your future hardens every day, but it is not fixed.' 'How can I escape my fate?' 'You must choose your destiny.

Define yourself. Define your passion.Define your success.

There’s something so great about this, ” she whispers. About what?” I whisper back.About this, ” she whispers. About being outlaws. It’s just you and me—against the world.

Be yourself is all that you can do.

Ever since I was a kid I've always loved history. I think that kind of catapulted things, but I would say the two major factors were maybe 9/11 and the election of Barack Obama.

If content with himself and mankind, a man is never harsh or curt.

When you're supposed to be close and friends in the film, the moment you're talking as friends off the set, it makes it that much better when you're filming.

There's never going to be another Patsy Cline. Without her, I don't think I would have lasted.

Thought enables us to see Fate coming.

If one sees the American Nightmare first and Chainsaw after that, you'll see it in a different kind of light