I am a woman built upon the wreckage of myself.

I do think it is harder to acknowledge our strengths, or to forgive ourselves and each other for our shortcomings, when there has not been a result we can all agree on.

I'm not happy with just repeating myself.

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

There was no quick grief for Andrew because he had been so slowly lost. First from my heart, then from my mind, and only finally from my life.

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

I know that the hopes of this whole human world can fit inside one soul.