“This is for the kids who know that the worst kind of fear isn't the thing that makes you scream, but the one that steals your voice and keeps you silent.”

“I saw the bruises, the burns, the cuts I knew which ones had been done to you by someone you thought you could trust. Someone you thought loved you. I knew which ones you gave yourself.”

“I was the problem and the solution.”

“When I became too much myself, I had to change my life.”

“The pain will always be in youbut you will not always be in pain.”

“I loved you when I left you.”

“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...”

“Violators cannot live with the truth: survivors cannot live without it. There are those who still, once again, are poised to invalidate and deny us. If we don't assert our truth, it may again be re...”

“One year later the society claimed victory in another case which again did not fit within the parameters of the syndrome, nor did the court find on the issue. Fiona Reay, a 33 year old care assista...”

“When you can identify the insecurities inside the person that is hurting you then you can begin to heal. It isn't about you. It is about their past.”

“If you are financially affluent, think of adopting a kid and raise him or her right next to your biological offspring. And let your love become the proof of your parenthood, instead of your DNA.”

“Spirituality is not adopting more beliefs and assumptions but uncovering the best in you.”

“Its almost funny, isnt it?What is?How some animals are worth more than others?Well, he handed Konrad a sugar cube from a tin on the shelf. It isnt just the animal; its the type of animal.Color, sha...”