"Deciding to forgive was a process, it’s not something that can happen overnight."

"It’s extraordinary to think that the people I harmed the most were the people to judge me the least."

"They wanted him to be punished but I just said, "I'll never ever get justice for Martha because she's dead so why waste two young lives instead of just one"."

"I sense a freedom in trusting the process of life, that justice will find its own course and consequence."

"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."

"In my view what he needed was psychotherapy, not prison."

"When I recovered myself I told him, 'I’m not crying for David, I’m crying for you. What have you done with your life?"'