“I figured if I told it to myself often enough, I would start believing it.”

“Because you believed in me, I figured I was honor-bound to believe in myself.”

“I began to read everything I could find on adoption. It amazes me that, prior to starting therapy, I had never done it. I think it was my way of believing the myth that I was really OK. After all, I had two parents and I'd been told often enough how lucky I was, and how grateful I should be.”

“She closed her eyes. "I didn't know that. i didn't know anything. It scares me the things I told myself. But I would have told myself almost anything, because I wanted to believe him.""Why?""Because I wanted to be with you.”

“I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.”

“I don't blame anyone for not believing me, if I had not experienced it myself, I would not have believed it myself.”