"For me forgiveness is about finding an inner peace and accepting the cards you’ve been handed in life."

"On leaving the prison I realised that things had changed for me; I’d gone from being a victim of crime to being able to see things more from Billy’s point of view."

"Forgiveness for me is a healing process, but it depends on people communicating and understanding."

"I needed to know why he had been drinking; what had brought him to that point in his life where he had no thought for anyone else?"

"It was what my mum had taught me – to love him for who he was, not for what he did."

"Once I had felt forgiveness for my attacker, I saw that I also had to forgive my parents."

"The only answer to violence in our society is a peaceful response; however there must also be a sense of justice."

"Forgiveness relieved me of a burden I didn’t want to carry."