Quote by: Ingrid Betancourt

I am alone. I am here. No one is watching me. In these hours of silence that I cherish, I talk to myself and reflect. That past, entrenched in time, motionless and infinite, has vanished onto thin air. None of it remains. Why, therefore, am I hurting so much? Why did I bring back with me this nameless pain? I followed the path I set for myself, and I have forgiven. I do not want to be chained to hatred or resentment. I want to have the right to live in peace.


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Author Bio


  • NameIngrid Betancourt
  • DescriptionColombian-French politician
  • AliasesÍngrid Betancourt
  • BornDecember 25, 1961
  • CountryFrance; Colombia
  • ProfessionPolitician
  • AwardsKnight Of The Legion Of Honour; Petra-Kelly-Preis; Princess Of Asturias Award - Concord; Geuzenpenning