We believed we were safe. That was the big fantasy.

I didn't confess how wrecked I was. Let them keep thinking I was Superwoman if they wanted. I knew the truth.

The Bible just said ‘Thou shalt not kill’, then told hundreds of stories of people killing each other and becoming heroes, like David with Goliath.

Don't treat people as you think they are, treat them as you think they are capable of becoming.

Sometimes I got worried that my memory was falling apart.

Life's harder, the deeper you feel things, was all I could think as I put the books away. Feelings, who needs them? Sometimes they're like a gift, when you feel love or happiness. Sometimes they're a curse.

Life's harder, the deeper you feel things.