Negotiating the adolescent stage is neither quick nor easy.

I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and touched by them.

We need to see ourselves as basic miracles.

I want to love you without clutching, appreciate you without judging, join you without invading, invite you without demanding, leave you without guilt, criticize you without blaming, and help you without insulting. If I can have the same from you, then we can truly meet and enrich each other.

The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.

The full life is filled with vulnerability, not defense. You face whatever feeling there is.

I think if I have one message, one thing before I die that most of the world would know, it would be that the event does not determine how to respond to the event. That is a purely personal matter. The way in which we respond will direct and influence the event more than the event itself.