She wasn't tracking down her father to learn more about him. She was tracking him down to learn more about herself.

So much harm comes into this world when the wrong thing is said. But that's nothing compared to the pain from what goes unsaid.

People are more twisted than people think.

Our fathers never leave us. Ever.

When you go down a dark alley and you feel that tingling across the back of your neck, that's not just a bad feeling, that's a biological gift from God - the Gift of Fear...when you ignore that gift - when you go down the dark alley and say, Y'know, I'm sure it'll be okay - that's when you find real pain.

There's the life you live and the life you leave behind. but what you share with someone else - especially someone you love - that's not just how you bury your past. It's how you write you future.

Not every President is a great speaker. Not every President is a great thinker. But in the modern era, every single President is a master of one thing: eye contact.