“I cannot control what is happening in the world, but I can choose love. I can choose to be at peace with myself, and when I have the energy, to do good around me.”

“It is still almost inconceivable to me that I have just opened a new chapter in my life, after 34 years marked by constant, dull, overwhelming suffering… a pain I learned to live with, but above all, to hide.”

“Silence and inaction normalize behaviour that should never be normalized.”

“At the time, we don’t always understand the meaning of these encounters, but we sense that something is happening — a kind of magic, or the presence of something greater than ourselves.”

“Today, I no longer see conflict as a negative experience. I see it as an opportunity for learning.”