“We need to forgive ourselves and everyone else for NOT being perfect.”

“We are all searching for the fairy tale. When it doesn't come, we try to create it.”

“People will promise you the moon, offer you the stars, but in the end, the only heavenly body you can truly count on is your on!”

“Unlike film, real life rarely provides an opportunity for a retake," Ben said. "Perhaps that is why I like film so much. But I do think we have to give ourselves the same amount of leeway that we give others. Forgive ourselves. Have pity on ourselves. And perhaps even love ourselves a little." (197)”

“Often, what makes certain people particularly attractive to us is that when we are really with them we experience ourselves as being more whole.”

“Because he has never forgiven himself any fault, he can forgive no one else's.”

“Everyone that watches "Deep Throat" is watching me being raped. ”