“How wonderful, I thought every time I watched it: to stand next to the people who knew you best and hide yourself completely. To be simultaneously secret and exposed, to be concealed in plain sight, to keep yourself safe and to deliberately risk that safety.”

“Because when you’ve been around forever, you have to find something outside yourself to believe in or go mad. I believe in humanity. I believe in you.”

“True honesty is what you are willing to admit to yourself without judgement!”

“Know that change is always challenged! When you decide that you want to make a change, it is the way of the universe to throw obstacles in our way. It is like we are being tested to see how serious we really are about what it is we have said! See it for what it is, don't get discouraged & always keep going!”

“This is my barbed wire dress. It protects the property but doesn't hide the view.”

“Well, prepare yourself. I am all kinds of thoughtful this week. I brought you something else.”

“Over the last few years, my comfort level with how I look has improved. My age has helped. You get used to yourself and accept yourself.”