“If we knew how to find the lost, we would know how to rediscover the parts of our mindsleft behindin battle.”

“Danger is a chain...passed from one wounded child to the next. We must stop the danger by breaking the chain. We must learn how to stay safe and be kind.”

“That is how I think of peace and peace of mind—as timid birds that we have to search for, not bold ones that come looking for us.”

“How can people stay sane in a world that makes no sense?”

“No matter how invisibleI feel, I will always be wrappedin the memoryof life as a captive.—Quebrado”

“The Little War?How can there bea little war?Are some deathssmaller than others,leaving motherswho weepa little less?”

“I feel the heaviness of nightmareseven though I am awake.How weary I am, how sleeplessand hopeless—there is no escapefrom the tormentof wishes.”