It is certainly impossible to imagine forgiving the enemy while their animus remains undefeated.

So when I say that I am a refugee, you must understand that there is no refuge.

A scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.

Looking after a very sick child was the Olympics of parenting.

A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived.

At some point you just have to turn around and face your life head on.

Our own personal brand of courage - in relationships, in conflict, in our principles ­ - is as unique as our fingerprints.

I’m telling you, trouble is like the ocean. It covers two thirds of the world.

I could not stop talking because now I had started my story, it wanted to be finished. We cannot choose where to start and stop. Our stories are the tellers of us.

We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, 'I survived'.

We were exiles from reality that summer. We were refugees from ourselves.

The devil will try and do everything possible to stop, distract us from our purpose

When fiction has become reality, life may turn into a fairy tale or a firestorm. Tina, time has come to pull up one’s socks and start relearning and reassessing living. ("Another empty room")

Prayer isn’t about repeating rituals

He will work off his crudities in time. I rather mistrust young men who slip into life gracefully.

To do a great right do a little wrong.

I think these days a lot of the younger generation feels that the world owes them something. But you've got to get off your backside and you've got to do all the crap stuff, too.

There's something every woman wants, and that's a man to blame.

I overhaul myself for my roles. Sooner or later, I will get my due.

When things go right (and they go right a lot - you just got to keep trying) there is nothing to really laugh about.

Money is the necessity that frees us from necessity.