"To borrow from Harold Kushner, forgiveness is first and foremost a way of seeing. It cannot change the facts about the world we live in but it can change the way we see those facts."

"The abuse remains embedded within my people. It is very difficult to step outside the historical trauma that perpetuates."

"Healing is a meaningless word for Aboriginal people because we possess a wound that cannot be healed."

"I believe that we have to recognize Breivik’s humanity. I find people’s efforts to dehumanize him really scary because that’s what he tried to do to us."

"That brand of forgiveness was for extremists who went on Oprah."

"Most people don’t ever forgive because they see it as stampeding on the memory of their loved ones."

"I used to think that they were evil, but I started to understand that they didn't come into this world that way."

"I thought I had forgiven my Japanese captors, and yet was always aware of the hairs rising in the nape of my neck when I heard a Japanese voice."