“What people called the truth seemed worthless to her; what was it but a furtive, bruised story to convince yourself life was worth living.”

“The stories people tell you about themselves seem to retain the possibility of being false. But what you discover about them by yourself seems to be the truth.”

“Say you are at the brink of killing yourself and someone tries to talk you out of it. You’ve already thought about it and your life is not worth living. Someone else comes along and tries to convince you not to kill yourself. Is there someone out there that can convince you not to kill yourself? What can they possibly say to convince you that your life, the one you have firsthand knowledge of, is worth living? There is that one answer. No one! There is that other answer. Nothing!”

“A life worth living, and work worth doing - that is what I want for children (and all people), not just, or not even, something called 'a better education.”

“Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.”

“All the bruised lives, searching hearts...Everyone wants a love story but few will risk what it takes to live one.”