76 Quotes by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

Though politics is by nature divisive, surely we all can agree that foster children need stability, safety, education, opportunity - and love.

Every second I have spare, I'm with my kids.

Writing has always been an interest of mine, and 'The Language of Flowers' combined my experience with foster care with something I've always wanted to do.

I wanted to write with emotional honesty and tell a story people could connect with. And I wanted people to know how the foster system in America fails children; and how, at 18, they fall through the cracks. Then we can all work together and give support.

We can become anyone we want to become. It takes focusing on the aspect of ourselves we want to change and reflecting on the beliefs that cause us to act in ways that are counter to the change we seek.

I think that the hardest thing about working with young people in foster care who've been through this kind of neglect and abuse is really to convince them that they are worthy of being loved. And I think because often they don't feel worthy of it, that's why they push people away.

The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.

I have spent a lot of time with foster children over the years - kids for whom I have not necessarily acted as a foster parent.

There's a certain freedom in writing when you don't know if you'll ever have an audience.