The bad things don't seem to happen to bad people.' That's because they already did. There's no original evil left in the world.

What was it about not knowing a person that allowed you to wonder whether she might be the answer to all your problems?

What about my rights? What about a person's privacy? Did all that just go to hell after 9/11?

The roots of any evil deed can be traced to the perpetrator's refusal to experience pain.

Human empathy, while not found on any chart of human anatomy, is the reason we instinctively hurt for our children... it is the reason that one human being's intensely personal tests and triumphs can be harnessed to the good of countless others.

But that's the hardest part of healing.' What?' Realizing there's no one to hate.

The truth will set you free. Unless you're guilty.