“In order to have understanding, you need forgiveness, compassion, and ...” — Rooney Mara Quote

In order to have understanding, you need forgiveness, compassion, and empathy.

People think that I grew up going to Barneys for my back-to-school clothes. I went to the Gap. We lived in a nice house on a cul-de-sac, but it wasn't a mansion. We didn't have a butler or a maid.

I'm probably more insane than most people and less than a lot of others. I'm somewhere in the middle.

I grew up in a little cul-de-sac in the suburbs and went to public school. I went to Costco on the weekends.

I love to read. I'm still pen pals with my ninth-grade English teacher, Mr. Shanley. He tells me what books to read.

God will forgive me. It's his job.

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

Forgiveness in any aspect of something that is complex is the greatest tool.

To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget.

Forgiveness isn't just the absence of anger. I think it's also the presence of self-love, when you actually begin to value yourself.