I Do Have Tatoos, And I Do

I Think As A Human Being, As A Mother, As Someone Who Works Internationally, I Needed Desperately To Know A Man Like Louis Zamperini In My Life, To Know That There Is Hope.

I Have So Many Children. Half Of Mine Are The Ones That Just Must Climb The Tree, Must Climb The Mountain, Must Get Dirty, Must Jump Off, Flip Into The Pool Sideways Because It's Just Who They Are. So You Try To Give Them As Much Guidance And Prepare Them But They Are Who They Are.

I Think Every Teenager Is A Hero. When We Are Young We Feel So Much Pain. Go To School Is Like Going To War, People Let You Down All The Time. Sometimes It's Very, Very Difficult To Stay Strong, But You Have To.

It's Hard To Be Clear About Who You Are When You Are Carrying Around A Bunch Of Baggage From The Past. I've Learned To Let Go And Move More Quickly Into The Next Place.

It Is Not Enough To Defend Our Values At Home, In Our Newspapers And In Our Institutions. We Also Have To Defend Them In The Refugee Camps Of The Middle East, And The Ruined Ghost Towns Of Syria.