Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you, " I say. "Controlling you is.

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.

Is it possible to choose your reaction to whatever happens? Yes, it is. Reaction is a CHOICE and we must consciously cultivate the habit of reacting Positively.

I hate you, not because you broke my heart but because you broke my trust.

You may create a inspirational & visually resplendent strategy map but without accountability its value is specious

What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough.

When you're really considering all the qualities of food, purity is right there at the top of the list. I'm unwilling to eat food that has been adulterated.

No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.

Better the discomfort that leads to repentance and restoration than temporal comfort and eternal damnation.

It makes you feel good to know that there's other people afflicted like you.

It is sometimes easier to have furniture made than to find things.