100 Quotes by Elizabeth Smart

This is not something that can wait one more day,

I know she was not able to escape when she was up in the hills,

I had no knowledge of his background whatsoever, ... I never, ever would have hired him had I known that.

I just had to ask about three times whether it was really true, ... Then I just had to give thanks to God that she was found, that he has answered all the prayers.

By Grand Central Station I sat down and wept

If he has any feeling, I'd like him to come forward, clear himself,

I feel helpless, hopeless, too low to call out, too weak to think. Impotent tears dribble down.

I must spin good ghosts out of my hope to oppose the hordes at my window. If those who look in see me condescend to barricade the door, they will know too much and crowd in to overcome me.

There was a point that I stopped crying. It's not just because I didn't feel pain anymore, not because I didn't feel sorrow. It was just to keep going. I mean, it just was to survive, to live.