"I need the thing that happens when your brain shuts off and your heart turns on."

"wonderful woman with a big heart and a strong mind .. loved America with all her heart"

"Many of my generation, the career captains, majors, and lieutenant colonels seasoned in that war , vowed that when our turn came to call the shots, we would not quietly acquiesce in halfhearted warfar…"

"Abuse manipulates and twists a child’s natural sense of trust and love. Her innocent feelings are belittled or mocked and she learns to ignore her feelings. She can’t afford to feel the full range of …"

"For a moment, I wondered how different my life would have been had they been my parents, but I shook the thought away. I knew my father had done the best he could, and I had no regrets about the way I…"