“Every single thing we own owns us." Abigail from a thread of truth”

“I realized that I'd been comparing the inside of my life with the outside of everyone else's; measuring my own fortunes against the cheerful how-are-you-I'm-fine facade that people put on for each other.”

“One thing I know from experience," she said, "it's always a lot easier to be a conqueror if you don't try to go it alone. You didn't see Napoleon riding off to battle with just himself and his trusty sword. He brought in some backup.”

“Between one breath and the next, your whole world can change. ”

“Give me the facts and I will determine my own truths.”

“There is a history that really happened, but none of us will ever know exactly what it was. The other one, the one we think we know, is made by us, and we remake it every time we look at it.”

“We fashion our destinies with our own hands, by deed or by default, one decade, one year, one hour at a time.”