You can't change the past so change something you can. the future!

The very first part in healing is shattering the silence.

As in so many cases of sexual abuse within the family, it is much more complicated than had it been done by a stranger.

I think repressing what happened is what saved me in my childhood. I was able to use my imagination to create happy events, but a little girl can carry only so much on her own.

Because it is so hard, some people wait until they are in their thirties, forties, fifties, or even older before breaking their silence.

If believing were simple, then this world wouldn’t be in the mess that it is today.

Sometimes life appears one way, but what matters is how you internalize life and its lessons.

Denial of our pattern of failure seems to be a kind of practical atheism or chosen ignorance among many believers and clergy.

I used to think you had to be special for God to use you, but now I know you simply need to say yes.

The nightmare spirit of control has always been, and is, profoundly stupid.

Politics is not about justice, but about solutions.

Misty of Chincoteague', 'The Black Stallion', the 'Saddle Club' books, I read 'em all. I was horse-crazy.

Language allows you to implant a thought from your mind directly into someone else's mind, and they can attempt to do the same to you, without either of you having to perform surgery.

Let every man shovel out his own snow and the whole city will be passable.

It is important to remind young people that peace is the only victory.