"Loneliness, I've read, is like being in a long line, waiting to reach the front where it's promised something good will happen. Only the line never moves, and the other people are always coming in ahead of you, and the front, the place where you want to be, is always farther and farther away until you no longer believe it has anything to do with you." --Richard Ford, Canada

Tell me about your loneliness. Or about a time you felt that would never be like everyone else. A time you felt “on the outside” and sure you would stay there.

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"I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, so I chose to tell myself a different story." --Cheryl Strayed, Wild

Tell me specifically how you overcame one of your fears.

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"A strong woman knows she has strength enough for the journey, but a woman of strength knows it is in the journey where she will become strong." --Unknown

Tell me about a time this was true in your life or in the life of someone close to you. When the challenges in your life—the journey—made you stronger.

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"Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission." --Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tell me about a time you permitted something harmful into your mind—or about a time that you didn’t.

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