Groveling for connection from someone who compares you to Hitler is not good for a person's self-esteem.

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.

Be faithful in prayer.

If you want to challenge yourself as an Author, raise the bar as a reader.-Suzanne Steele

Wisdom of the Ages "The Marshawn" US Army's new main battle tank. Runs over enemies instead of shooting them. Biggest expense: maintaining the dreadlocks hanging off the turret.

applause, n. The echo of a platitude.

I would argue that a majority of the horrors we face would not have happened if the accounting profession developed and enforced better accounting.

[People] don't judge you on what would have happened in the absence of a decision.

I still write. I'd love to write more trashy chick-lit. At the moment, I just re-write my own lines, which probably annoys most directors - though, thankfully not Adam Brooks!

And with joy you realize for the first time "Thinking's just like not thinking — So I don't have to think any more".

Put your soul in the palm of my hand for me to look at, like a crystal jewel. I'll sketch it in words.