“Forgiveness is spiritual. Punishment is legal," Leo says. "They're not mutually exclusive.”

“Sometimes, mothers say and do things that seem like they don't want their kids... but when you look more closely, you realize that they're doing those kids a favor. They're just trying to give them a better life.”

“What good is the legal process if people can decide their motives are bigger than the law?”

“That's a little unrealistic, don't you think?So was the Final Solution, but it got pretty far, Leo points out.”

“The Inuit say that the stars are holes in heaven. And every time we see the people we loved shining through, we know they're happy. ”

“Forgiving isn't something you do for someone else. It's something you do for yourself. It's saying, 'You're not important enough to have a stranglehold on me.' It's saying, 'You don't get to trap me in the past. I am worthy of a future.”

“Tutoring a four year old to get into an exclusive preschool made as much sense as hiring a swim coach for a guppy.”