“I found an inner strength to fight for myself. It was clear that nobody else would.”

“There will be a great imbalance in our strengths if we fight, because I am prepared to die and you are desperate to live.”

“Looking back, I realized that we were being raised to be schizophrenic; an appearance of perfection was more important than genuine feelings”

“I obeyed, but my crime was that I did not look obedient.”

“Seek a slower, simpler life.”

“There is no such thing as escape after all, only an exchange of one set of difficulties for another. It wasn't Mark or the farm or marriage I was trying to shake loose from but my own imperfect sel...”

“Talking won't change it. But sometimes it was what she wanted most, to tell someone; often, though, she just wanted to escape those horrid feelings, to escape herself, so there was no pain, no fear...”

“When the mind wants to hope it refuses to listen.”

“Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content, The quiet mind is richer than a crown...”

“It turns out that the men who ultimately, who unpretentiously value peace are willing to sacrifice their own peace of mind in order to render it. The question is, 'Who, between opposing forces, wou...”