The road to recovery will not always be easy, but I will take it one day at a time, focusing on the moments I've dreamed about for so long.

Every day I have many choices to make about who I want to be.

I think it's the human spirit inside of all of us that has an enormous capacity to survive.

I'm afraid of elevators, because they are an enclosed space, but I get in.

Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain.

Christmas was the one time of year when my brothers surfaced at home, when my parents and grandparents congregated to eat my mother's roast turkey.

Getting on a plane is hard for me, but I do it, because travel is vital to me.

I've realized that the world is, in essence, full of banana peels - loaded with things that may unwittingly trip an internal wire in my mind, opening a floodgate of fears without warning.

I used my captors names every chance I had. It was intentional, a way of reminding them that I saw them, of pegging them, of making them see me in return.

Forgiving is not an easy thing to do.

I don't think I'm unusual in that, in my 20s, like many people, I felt invincible.

When the words have been said and the music has been played, feelingsare the only form of art which will remain to reign.

And then, despite all these concerns, Arnette felt her mind begin to loosen, the images of the day unwinding inside her like a spool of thread, pulling her down into sleep.

Junk stands and antique markets are the perfect place to pick up clues about the history of a country, region or town.

Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learn'd or brave.

Property is my major investment. My accountant has put money into various long-term savings arrangements. To be honest, I am a bit vague about all that stuff.

When I first met my husband, I needed that helping hand to take the reins and look after me.

Savor the little moments, son, that's my advice. They're what life is. All the little things that happen while you're waiting for something else.

A German wine label is one of the things life's too short for, a daunting testimony to that peculiar nation's love of detail and organization.

The fatal flaw of human wisdom is that it promises that you can change your relationships without needing to change yourself.

A lot of the things that go on we can avoid some of it.