“Sometimes the best offense was avoiding self-destruction.”

“Making mistakes is part of learning to choose well. No way around it. Choices are thrust upon us, and we don't always get things right. Even postponing or avoiding a decision can become a choice that carries heavy consequences. Mistakes can be painful-sometimes they cause irrevocable harm-but welcome to Earth. Poor choices are part of growing up, and part of life. You will make bad choices, and you will be affected by the poor choices of others. We must rise above such things.”

“A lie twice believed is self decieved”

“Sometimes the most preposterous lies are the most believable.”

“Most pleasures are best as a seasoning, not the main course. p. 374”

“Any simpleton can speak with confidence. Sometimes the greatest fools have the most bravado.”

“Jason decided not to add that the best way to get him to focus on something was to tell him not to think about it.”