"Forgiveness was not a word I used at first, but hearing the bitterness and anger I knew I didn’t want to go down that road."

"To be locked into a fixed attitude of retribution is to kill a child twice."

"No nation can survive without forgiveness."

"When someone who has suffered extends the hand of friendship or forgiveness to someone like me, it’s hard not to be moved and inspired."

"We listen to people’s stories, but we don’t judge them. There’s healing in that."