"There is no normal life. Who is this normal person? I have never met one. Be strong, love yourself."
"I realize now that I have to accept the way I am. I don't have to like it..."
"I was laughing imagining my future self talking with me about my present self."
"...trauma is not something that affects you, it is you. You are the person that came out of the other end of trauma, and to become normal. You must become a different person. Well, that's improbable."