Aberration Nation Quotes #3

"... I'm truly grateful for the tough but profound life changing experience I've lived through." -Tyrone (recovering alcoholic)

"From this aberration; this single traumatic event in my life, I can draw a line to the present and all the blessings I have today." -Don (burned down his family home as a teen)

"I am amazed at the strength and beauty of the human spirit." -Michelle (mother of autistic child prodigy, Gina Incandela)

"It's not a perfect world, but we are luckier than most." -Laura (mother of autistic son)

"An Artist's life takes courage--it’s looking for the light while living in the dark." --Sheila Wolk, artist

"I’ve certainly had some terrible and destructive things happen to me in my life that I managed to spin into gold." -Charlaine Harris, writer

"My creativity, my imagination, my ability to reason is what has saved me and helped me endure." -Antwone Fisher, writer/filmmaker

"I think it's hard being married to a writer. For me, at least, the writing always came first." -Margaret Weis, writer

"My illness was an opportunity to remake myself into something better." -Chris (diagnosed with multiple sclerosis)

"It takes a long time to come to a place where you can say that the art—the act of creating—is more important than your own fear." -Lisa See, writer

"I don't take people at face value because if narcolepsy has taught me anything, it's that what you see--your first impressions--aren't necessarily the truth." -Sam (person with narcolepsy)

"... this circuitous path I've walked has brought me to a wonderful place." -Marya Hornbacher (author of Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia)

"... if someone is perfectly content living in a way that doesn't harm anyone--that's beautiful." -Anneli Rufus (author of Party of One: The Loners' Manifesto)

"I learned to depend on others, but I also learned independence--and the importance of both." -Dave Christian (most decorated and youngest Officer in the Vietnam War)

"We must not lose sight of the fact that we have options." - Evelyne (lost entire family during WWII)

"The main thing you can do as a parent that no one else can do as effectively, is believe in them." -John (had a learning disability as a child)

"I refuse to let a scarred situation hold me back from living life." --Fredric (stabbed 39 times and survived)

"Moral hypocrisy also plays a heavy part in this particular dilemma." -- David (gay father of three adopted sons)

"You've got to be more than a little crazy and self-believing to get ahead or even just persevere in this game." -Darren Shan, writer

"My aberrations have led me to creativity which finally allowed me to live with them (my aberrations). It's a lovely snake biting its own tail." - Jean Marc Calvet, artist

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