It's funny how in that moment I see things clearly. Am I beaten down? Yes. Have I allowed myself to become a victim? Somewhat. Am I afraid? Always. Does some part of me still long to fly away from this place? Absolutely. But I can't leave. Sam and I have built a life for Joy. It isn't perfect, but it's a life. My family's happiness means more to me that starting over again. Page 210

I think sometimes as an adult, you take people for what they do, and what they are now, instead of the whole picture of their lives.

Seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times. Doing something once is better than seeing it a hundred times.

Model communes are the ones where the leaders lie the best and the biggest.

Having a baby is painful in order to show how serious a thing life is.

I write a thousand words a day.

Anyone who says that women do not have influence in men's decisions makes a vast and stupid mistake.