16 Quotes by Christina Rickardsson

I've never felt the need to find out who I am, where I come from, or why I was abandoned. I know who I am, where I come from; most of all I know that I wasn't abandoned. Kidnapping might be too strong a word to use for how our adoption transpired, but sometimes that's what it felt like.

It is not important how they treat the most privileged (or most famous people) [in a country], but how they treat the less privileged ones.

I believe that everything comes when we’re ready, and once we’ve opened a door, it can be hard to shut again.

Over the years, I’ve had people tell me that I should feel grateful for getting a chance at a better life, and it has really irritated me. We humans have a strong tendency to universalize our own opinions, thoughts, and feelings and assume they apply to other people. No one but me knows what I feel and what I’ve been through. And it’s really not up to anyone else to say what I should and shouldn’t feel.

Love can’t be bought, manufactured, or elicited on request. It’s a gift that we choose to give and to receive. It’s unselfish and maybe it can’t move mountains, but it can do something even better: it can save a life.

The tears of the powerless are not tears of frustration. They’re not tears that gush or tears that burn. The tears of the powerless are silent and resigned.

It’s not where you come from; it’s where you belong that matters. And it’s OK to feel like you belong in more than one place.

We never know our strength until life tests us. But most of all, we don’t know what strength and power another person has until we follow them for a while on their journey.

I was tough, and I could handle things on my own. I was too proud to ask for help, a weakness that has followed me for a large part of my life.