“I don't try to make sense of suffering. I try to make sense of life...I try each day to see God's will...I console myself with the old Negro spiritual, 'Sooner will be done the troubles of this world. I'm going home to live with God.”

“I don't expect people to know me...I am just someone you need to get along with. I am who I am.”

“Life is full of good-byes...Dont expect to turn around once you leave I wont be around.”

“Appreciate every little beautiful moment in every day of your life. Give it a try and you'll see the world from another perspective.”

“As I walk back to the school on my own, I realise I'm crying. So I go back to the stories I've read about the five and I try to make sense of their lives because in making sense of theirs, I may understand mine.”

“When I write now, I pretend I'm holding hands with the old me. I try to make sense of all those questions for her...”

“Listen to me. I did not say I was falling in love with you, if only you would hide some part of yourself or change some aspect to try to please me. I said I was falling in love with you—all of you. I don’t want you to curb yourself, deny yourself, cover up your face or head or any part of your body. I don’t want you to lose or gain weight, or watch what you say, or deny how you feel, or try to be anything but who you are, because who you are is the most beautiful person in the world to me.”