Sometimes, you have to make the choice to forgive 10 times a day when you have these pockets of anger come up. That's a lot of work, but to me it's worthwhile.

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

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

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.

Save your mind from a premature death by always learning something new no matter your age! Think every day, but make sure it's not within the perimeter of the box! Think outside the box!

I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries.

The only trouble with capitalism is capitalists; they're too damn greedy.

Plays have to be made, and we have to find a way to make them. All of us.

The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness.

Beauty should be shared for it enhances our joys. To explore its mystery is to venture towards the sublime.

I was never a prisoner to my footballing status.

She failed her drivers test. She couldn't get used to the front seat. It took her four lessons to learn to sit up.

Grammar schools are public schools without the sodomy.

When the buying stops, the killing can too.