“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”

“What has been done to you is one thing. Yet to really suffer, to truly be burdened with guilt and shame, such pain always begins not with what has been done to youbut with what you have done. Andr ...”

“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 ...”

“They will hate you if you are beautiful. They will hate you if you are successful. They will hate you if you are right. They will hate you if you are popular. They will hate you when you get attent...”

“But even when I stop crying, even when we fall asleep and I'm nestled in his arms, this will leave another scar. No one will see it. No one will know. But it will be there. And eventually all of th...”

“Cinderella was such a dork. She left behind her glass slipper at the ball and then went right back to her step-monster's house. It seems to me she should have worn the glass slipper always, to make...”

“Harvey wanted to dive into his ugliness; he intentionally reached for those long hours of soul desolation. He waited. He paced, ready to face down whatever was to come.Paulettes, though, busted loo...”

“Paulette awoke with an ache in her heart, a grinding in her gut. If there really was a God, why would He have let anyone put a child through that? She had survived, but at what cost? She was an iti...”

“Narcissism: It's Primal. No Productive Control of Energy: Seeks constant fresh sources of stimulation and is highly energized running from human-object to human-object, activity to activity, but do...”

“Life is a purposeful action.”

“Use fear as a counselor not a captor.”

“The one trying to have the last word is rarely walking in the Word.”