But that's part of faith. Believing and knowing despite what other people say, and despite what the world might think of your beliefs.

On my first day in jail, a three hundred pound man named Porterhouse hit me in the back of the head with a metal tray. I was standing in line for lunch and I didn't see it coming. I went down. When I got up, I turned around and started throwing punches." (James Frey, pg.1)

People don't want to accept the responsibility for their own weakness, so they place the blame on something that they're not responsible for, like disease or genetics.

Be strong. Live honorably and with dignity. When you don't think you can, hold on.

You don't have to follow anybody's rules.

In life we often look to others for simple, but difficult answers, despite the fact that we have those answers ourselves.

The wounds that never heal can only be mourned alone.