“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.”

“If only the peace I feel right nowcould be stored up and released laterwhen cruelty surrounds mein the darkduring nightmares.”

“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.”

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

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

“I still think of myselfas a broken place, a drifting islewith no home.—Quebrado”

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