“I touch my scar to remind myself that I am not a coward. I am a Quinn.”
“I am a coward. I am a cowardly coward, full of cowardice.”
“Silent solitude makes true speech possible and personal. If I am not in touch with my own belovedness, then I cannot touch the sacredness of others. If I am estranged from myself, I am likewise a stranger to others.”
“I have to keep reminding myself -- this is not me. It is chemistry. It is biology. It is not who I am.”
“Even in my bravest moment, I am a coward.”
“I am not a saint or a cripple,I am not a wound; now I will seewhether I am a coward.”