Quotes from Diane Chamberlain

She felt happy these days, yet there was always an undercurrent of sadness just below the surface

No matter how many people care about you, she thought, if you can't be open with them about who you truly are, you're still alone.

You got dealt some crappy cards. But you're the one who has to decide how to play them.

Every family has a story, and I love that those stories are etched in sand rather than granite. That way we can change them. We can bury the lies and embrace the truth. And we can move forward.

Sometimes coloring outside the lines can cost you. Only you can figure out if it's worth it.

Carry the confidence.

What do I want now? I want to be treated with the respect I deserve in the current VA system and not be retraumatized. I want the men who did this to me to be punished and if that isn't possible, I want reassurance what happened to me will never ever happen to another woman in the Armed services. I want some restitution of the damage I have.

Just know, my darling girl, that if I could, I would call you every day of your life just to say I love you with nothing else attached to those words. No criticism. No advice. No requests. Just to say I love you.

It's just that I've learned that somebody's appearance doesn't always match what's going on inside him. You can't look at a guy's face and see his demons. - Travis from The Good Father

My life sucked, and it would catch up to me, and I'd just crack.

She felt happy these days, yet there was always an undercurrent of sadness just below the surface. Sometimes she would feel it there and not even know its source.

Incest, rape and abuse is rampant everywhere, even in our churches, but society is silent. It is a silent epidemic. One in three women will experience a sexual assault in her lifetime and one in six males, yet we don't speak of it, even in our churches!

Growing up in a household where something is terribly wrong, you feel the weight of that mysterious something even though it's unspoken. It eats at you. Confuses you. It leaves you wondering if your view of the world will ever make sense.

Maybe I had more wrinkles than I would if I hadn't spent so much of my life outdoors, but I didn't care. It was a privilege to grow old, and not everyone got to enjoy it. I was grateful for every minute I was given.

You and me, I said,we both got the same kind of hurt inside us. She nodded, and suddenly, just like that, I knew I could trust her with my life.

Feelings are never right or wrong," she said after a moment. "They just are.

You have to make peace with the past or you can never move into the future

All the love in the world doesn't put food on the table.

If you have a friend, a good friend, a woman you love, and you learn she's done something abominable, do you stop loving her?

It's hard to move on if you don't forgive," he said. "It's like trying to dance with a lead weight on your shoulders. The anger can weigh you down forever.

There are too many silly rules in our lives," she said, "and our lives are far too short to pay attention to them.

Five GOP representative candidates this session have shocked me to my soul at how blatant they have trivialized rape. My prayers were answered in their defeat!

justice comes in many forms.

when it comes to making a decision, look at both sides, listen to your heart, then pick one and dive in.