Shortly after I turned 13, Child Welfare took me into care. I was sent to a residential centre where girls with behavioural… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
“But I know I didn't love school for school's sake. I had never really been what people call an 'academic' person, nor… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
“I knew at that moment I had to make a choice... I could submit to everything and live a life of excuses,… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
“Making these choices, as it turned out, wasn’t about willpower. I always admired people who “willed” themselves to do something, because I… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
Like my mother, I was always saying, 'I'll fix my life one day.' It became clear when I saw her die without… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
I realized that I had the ability to carve out a life for myself, that it was in no way limited by… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
“Life has a way of doing that; one minute everything makes sense, the next, things change. People get sick. Families break apart, your friends… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
“Things turning around for me had been the result of my focusing on the few areas in life I could change, and surrendering to… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
There was just so much attention that got focused on my story, and what that created was an opportunity for me to share what… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
“Wherever you go, you'll make the best of things. Look at your life, you already have... That's why I know you'll be all right...… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
“I think his paintings are cathartic for him,” she said. “After you experience trauma that deep, you need to do something to heal. Something… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
“Since as far back as I could remember, I'd felt that Lisa's responses toward me usually bordered on the brink of hostility. Years later,… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
“It's not that we didn't love one another- we did. I just think we didn't know how to be with one another anymore. No… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
“Making these choices [to attend school instead of skipping], as it turned out, wasn't about willpower. I always admired people who “willed” themselves to… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
I've learned in my life that you really don't know what's possible until you're already doing it, — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
Shortly after I turned 13, Child Welfare took me into care. I was sent to a residential centre where girls with behavioural problems were… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
I realized eventually that when I ran out of places to stay and found myself on the D train and in Central Park, I… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
