Information is the hardest currency.

A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids.

The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.

I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family.

Family' is not just a biological word, it's an an operative one.

Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.

When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness.

A dog is like a person—he needs a job and a family to be what he’s meant to be.

Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior.

Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle.

It's the family you choose that counts.

The sun and the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago . . . had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.

My first dissatisfaction has always been with religion.

Deadlines aren't bad. They help you organize your time. They help you set priorities. They make you get going when you might not feel like it.

You cannot eat every tadpole and frog in the pond, but you can eat the biggest and ugliest one, and that will be enough, at least for the time being.

Silence is a form of communication. Speech divides us.

Partnership is not a posture but a process-a continuous process that grows stronger each year as we devote ourselves to common tasks.

I think it's nice for women to try to be sexy for their man.

I just get really defensive as soon as anyone comes near my personal life. I made a decision early on that it's strictly off-limits. No exceptions.