Suicide is unspeakable, and to speak it is somehow to bring it into a human, imaginable sphere, even if only in the moment of speaking. The need to tell is both a need to tell oneself and a need to be heard.... Telling and being heard are the first steps toward reconnection.

In the wake of suicide: stories of the people left behind (ed. Jossey-Bass, 1991) - ISBN: 9780787940522