“A child, without toxic interference, will naturally become the person they are meant to be. Andr Chevalier”

“I have found that sometimes when a person gives up on 'humankind' they can often find trust and love in animal kind. Andr Chevalier”

“Abuse? Ah. Such problems, even with time, do not go away on their own. They must be addressed. Andr Chevalier”

“The actions and emotional responses of others are not your responsibility. You cannot rescue people from themselves. This is for them to do. Andr Chevalier”

“Strange how mean words can return to ones thoughts, years after theyve been callously thrown at you. They replay in your mind, spiking a sense of remembered pain. Nasty name calling can be an ugly ...”

“The patterns learned as a child, repeat as an adult. Those with an abusive childhood are very often oh-so blind to this inescapable truth. Andr Chevalier”

“Life only wants us to be happy. We impose these burdens on ourselves.”

“...people with nothing to declare carry the most.”

“Burdens of life become lighter when your heart is filled with love and we learn to forgive and forget with profound kindness.”

“Problem is, though, sooner or later, physical pain, it's... it's manageable. See, real pain is emotional pain. That is the kind of pain that lasts.”

“Admitting pain humbles us to the reality of our personal histories and our present conditions. We no longer have to pretend we are something that we are not.”

“The world laughed at any attempts we made to exist in it without pain.”

“We are on strike, we, the men of the mind.We are on strike against self-immolation. We are on strike against the creed of unearned rewards and unrewarded duties. We are on strike against the dogma ...”

“If only it were possible to love without injury fidelity isnt enough: I had been faithful to Anne and yet I had injured her. The hurt is in the act of possession: we are too small in mind and body...”

“She looks at the swings, and I can see shes imagining what theyd look like if the kids werent there. The guilt of this holds her down momentarily. It appears to be there constantly. Never far away,...”