"I was loved, I was cared for. That's it, that's what one wants, isn't it, in a marriage? I've never met anyone who ev…"

"Now, she's one of the great ladies I know. She went through a lot of heartache and stuff but she's got her own life n…"

"He was very good-looking. I thought he was charming. It was sort of a chemical attraction or physical attraction, a l…"

"I'll never have a normal life. But I'll have a great career and I will move people, because for my 38 years, I've pac…"

"For years I could hardly look people in the eye, Now that I've burned away the painful debris of my life, I feel cour…"

"He told me he’s sorry, He’s all I have in terms of family, and I needed him in my life. My dad was absolutely everyth…"

"If you're sad inside and you don't feel loved or wanted on planet earth, once you take something that calms those fee…"

"Rightly so. I had just been arrested for trying to buy crack cocaine on a street corner."

"I think so. I was just in a better place. Any time anyone dredges up all that trauma, all those memories, it's diffic…"

"It is what it is. It was a book and it told a story that was sad, and deep, and painful. This book is telling a diffe…"