Friends tell each other the truth, and then friends stick around for the aftermath.

Unsolicited advice is always self-serving.

People don't change when they don't acknowledge their actions.

Climb aboard life's elevator, hit the "up" button, and see where it takes you.

Sometimes the way through someone's tough outer shell is to do something obvious, thoughtful and sweet.

This is a tough situation. But it is what it is, and time has an amazing way of knitting together solutions as long as everybody stays calm and resolves to be as gentle and patient as possible.

Bullies never want to acknowledge their own actions. They want to move through life without reflection or apology.

Ask 10 people about their family relationships and at least five of them will report an estrangement.

When you are criticizing someone, you should speak only to your own experience - not others'.

Bullies often act out by marshaling aggression to cover up for insecurity.

When the choice is between a demanding relationship and a vintage pickup truck, I'll choose the truck every time.

Unless we have something worth dying for, Atretes, we've nothing worth living for.

It is a time of change, '' Sazed said. ''Perhaps it is also time to learn of other truths, other ways.

Life moves forward, not backward, and it would be wise to listen to what change has to say.

Conflict can be healthy within a collaborative group, as long as everyone sticks to the issues and things don't get personal.

War is hell. Hollywood fantasizes about it and makes it look good... war sucks.

As you get older, your voice changes, as well. Your voice should be able to last as long as you last.

And the very fact of how you speak somehow influences who you are. The way you move, the way you think, it seeps into your being, and it's quite hard to really break that down entirely.

I swear by Neutrogena facial wash - I never sleep in my makeup!

I believe dance is a manifestation and celebration of the tenacity of the human spirit.

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.