I suffered from post-natal depression after Rowan was born. I had a healthy, beautiful baby girl and I couldnt look at her. I couldnt hold her, smile at her. All I wanted was to disappear and die. – Brooke Shields
Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody elses skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too. – Frederick Buechner
Its easier to write from my own life, and its also more fun. I always write about relationships, for instance, whether theyre romantic relationships, friendships, encounters… theres always a lesson to be learned from them. – Jason Mraz
