“Everybody has a 'past', some more intense than others. But it's the past. I don't care what you've done. You're not what you've 'done'.”
“What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do - especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.”
“You're not special for the pain you've suffered; you're special for what you've done to overcome that pain.”
“It's not about what you've done; it's how you've experienced whatever has happened to you. Matt Lawrence in The Overachievers”
“It doesn't matter who you were or what you've done in the past. The only thing that matters is who you are right now.”
“If you're looking for pity, forget it," Connie retorted. "You've passed up more dates than I care to count. You're married to your work." A pause. "And maybe to the past.”