Lane James

“I want to bless other people as much I’ve been blessed. Whenever I say that, some people seem surprised that I see my life as a blessing after all the terrible things I went through. But the blessing is that I made it out alive. I’m still here. Still breathing every day. And I’m still able to do something for other people. There is no better blessing than that.”
― Michelle Knight, Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings

“Forgiveness is the only way I can truly reclaim my life. If I don’t forgive him, then it’ll be like he imprisoned me twice: first while he held me in his house, and now even after he’s gone. I’m letting my hatred of him go so I can truly get my life back.”
― Michelle Knight, Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings

“general competence is on the fucking decline.”
― Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho

“she is searching for a rational analysis of who I am, which is, of course, an impossibility: there … is … no … key.”
― Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho