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It was a slow understanding that my kidnappers really are a product of their environment.

You only need a few people to effect a kidnapping.

Kidnapping is always a threat in this life of reporting on men hurting one another because of religion and politics.

My daughters have grown up knowing all about my kidnapping and the case and what happened.

If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

You are a free woman, and then you become a prisoner, and you receive all kinds of orders. Sit here, stand there. That's it. You just, you don't have the possibility of even moving to take your bag without asking for permission.

It's hard to be clear about who you are when you are carrying around a bunch of baggage from the past. I've learned to let go and move more quickly into the next place.

It's freeing to not be caught up in your own personal baggage.

To take refuge with an inferior is to betray one's self.

I said the kidnapping is a crime. I have the right to speak about the crime done against me. They didn't like me to speak about this crime. So I decided to reveal it to the public.