Augene Campbell-Dennis

“When you forgive, it doesn’t mean you condone or approve. It means you put down the resentment and bitterness you’ve been holding onto. It means you let go of the hope that the past can be different.”
― Joanne Macgregor, Scarred

“The pain is still within me, but it has been a source of regeneration for me. And this is a crucial point in my work: the problem is not that one has pain, but what you do with it.”
― Anton Gill, The Journey Back From Hell: Conversations with Concentration Camp Survivors

“I don’t feel much of anything except a dull, heavy pain through the core of me. I wish mom was here to give me a hug.”
― Joanne Macgregor, Scarred