I don't think we spend enough time in reflection and introspection. We don't know who we are as individuals in this culture any more.

I grew up in a family of secrets; there was a lot of pathology in the family.

A dead end street is a good place to turn around.

Your body hears everything your mind says.

Having worked as a labor and delivery nurse...I've seen ultrasounds...you know that those babies are real.

You only get to be a victim once. After that, you're a volunteer.

Slow down, simplify and be kind.

You're only a victim once. The next time you're an accomplice.

No one's born with their destiny stamped on their forehead ... we make the choices to fulfill our destiny.

A dead end street is a good place to turn around. Can't really fault the logic of that, unless you want to go down the dead end of course!

People always say 'They [teens] need a good talking to.' I've never agreed with that. A kid needs a good listening to.

No wires tender even as nervescan transmit the impact ofour seasons, our catastropheswhile we are closed inside them

I came to this house for safety. They came because the foster care system ran out of homes. We stayed because we were stray pieces of other puzzles, tired of never fitting.

For hostile word let hostile word be paid.

I've always been very private, maybe because I discovered my mother, who is a wonderful lady, is very emotional.

Sometimes failure makes your future because you set the past on fire.

The lack of sweat to get a win is probably a record for me.

I don't really flaunt any gadget, but I am loving my Nokia Lumia.

A writer's mind seems to be situated partly in the solar plexus and partly in the head.

It is astonishing that in a country so devoted to the individual, so many people should be afraid to speak.

Every great or even every very good writer makes the world over according to his own specifications.