Even a second of freedom is worth more than a lifetime of bondage.

He tells me I look as if I could use a hugand i laugh at him and he ignores me and steps forward and puts his arms around me and hugs me. I warm at the simple pleasure of human contact and for the first time in a long time i actually feel good." (James Frey, pg.38)

I'm trying to influence the next generation or two generations or three generations behind me. That's a big ambition of mine.

Trauma is survivable, but often not much more. It kills you while allowing you to still live.

What's crazy is living your life according to some book written by someone who couldn't imagine what your life would be like.

Live and let live, do not judge, take life as it comes and deal with it, everything will be okay.

...we got this gift of life and we got it one time and we gonna get hurt in it and be hurt going through it and the only thing that'll make that hurt better or hurt less is love.