“I'll never forget the day that I was told I would have to have a maste...” — Betty Ford Quote

I'll never forget the day that I was told I would have to have a mastectomy. My reaction to the words was total denial.

Not my power, but the power of the position, a power which could be used to help.

I think once I made up my mind that I was allergic to alcohol, and that's what I learned, it made sense to me. And I think it was kind of pointed out that you know if you were allergic to strawberries, you wouldn't eat strawberries. And that made sense to me.

We're full all the time. And people do have good success and I think one of the programs at the center, the Continuing Care, helps them with their success. Because it's difficult the first year.

I'm very good at denial.

Security is when everything is settled, when nothing can happen to you; security is the denial of life.

I don't like denial. I don't like repression.

I think I was more just not comfortable with saying it. I was also in denial. I was like, 'I'm not gay, am I?' Cause I think, also the fact that I didn't fit the stereotypical mold of what a lesbian is supposed to be or act, I was just this girl that nobody would have expected.

I have a very highly developed sense of denial.