Sometimes your belief system is really your fears attached to rules.

— Shannon L. Alder

Self-pity is spiritual suicide. It is an indefensible self-mutilation of the soul.

— Anthon St. Maarten

When you think this pain is all you deserve, you are right. You are the only one that can decide how long you will walk in hell.

— Shannon L. Alder

When what you value and dream about doesn’t match the life you are living, you have pain.

— Shannon L. Alder