There is a curious thing that happens with the passage of time: a calcification of character... Change isn't always for the worst; the shell that forms around a piece of sand looks to some people like an irritation, and to others, like a pearl.

Risk always looks different when you're beating the system than when you've been beaten.

I imagine having that sixth sense, the certainty that what I'm looking for is within reach, even if it's still hidden.

She became whoever she needed to be to survive,but she never let anyone else define her.

If I have gained anything over these months, it is the knowledge there is no starting over- only living with the mistakes you've made.

Once the world was pulled out from beneath your feet, did you ever get to stand on firm ground again?

I think that ordinary people who are placed in extraordinary circumstances find themselves pushed beyond their limits, and learn new truths about themselves.