“I enjoy life so much more now, and I try hard to appreciate each and every day, but deep down I am still afraid it will be taken away.”

“I don't believe in hate. To me it wastes too much time. People who hate waste so much of their life hating that they miss out on all the other stuff out here.”

“The fact is it happened. It's over now. I do not live my life constantly wishing that I could change the past.”

“The more knowledge I gain, the more like an adult I feel. I never got this chance to become an adult.”

“A light that I thought had been extinguished was slowly coming back to life.”

“I love metaphors and she has come up with the idea of lighting candles to symbolize my past, present, and future. My past and present were the two candles we started with; she would ask me what I would like to start with or deal with today. I would light up either my past or my present depending on the answer. During the last few sessions we've used the candles I've noticed my past melting more and more and becoming duller and duller in light.”

“Is life worth living simply because you live, or is it worth more if you make life happen?”