Quotes from Mackenzie Phillips

Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.

You never know what someone is dealing with behind closed doors. You only know what you see or what you think you see.

The weight is off my shoulders. I don't live in the past anymore. I look forward, instead of back.

What do you expect to happen if you teach your child to roll joints at the age of ten? How will she turn out if she is free to pilfer the lesser of your personal pharmacy? Who will she be if she is left to find her way among adults who are lost or hellbent on losing themselves?

Parents have certain responsibilities. Most have an innate sense of what might be good for their kids and what might be bad for them. They make choices based on those beliefs. They shelter their children from activities and influences that might harm them or lead them in the wrong direction. That feeling of protection hit me the instant I saw my newborn son, and it was so powerful and intertwined with love that I can't imagine separating the two.

My father was different. He loved me, but under ordinary circumstances, he didn't see himself as my protector and my guide. He saw himself as a very cool person who loved to hang out with other cool people, including his own children.

I became fascinated with the concept of speak no, see no, hear no evil. And - and the actual depiction of three wise monkeys. And I began collecting it over the years. And I kind of figured that I might be the - the fourth monkey, the feel no evil monkey.

My mother went to a school called 'The Club of the Three Wise Monkeys'. And my grandmother, my father's mother, had a gold charm for her made with the speak no, see no, hear no evil monkeys. And I was fascinated by that charm. I'd sit in my mother's lap and play with it all the time.

If one can create a purposeful, meaningful life then there's no room for drugs or alcohol. It's not on the list anymore.

By the time I turned 18, I moved into a little chalet of my own and felt very grown-up.

I've always turned my anger inwards towards self-destruction.

I am so saddened by the loss of our dear friend, Bonnie Franklin. She was just full of light and love. Bonnie will be very much missed by all the people she touched with her love.

There's a fine line between genius and insanity, as we all know.

Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.

I've always turned my anger inwards towards self-destruction.