“When a person should be spoken with, and you don't speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn't be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your breath. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their breath.”

“If your boundary training consists only of words, you are wasting your breath. But if you 'do' boundaries with your kids, they internalize the experiences, remember them, digest them, and make them part of how they see reality.”

“Dreaming isn't wasted time. The waste comes when you have these wonderful dreams, but you don't do anything to make them real.”

“Everyone breathes in air, but it's a wise person who knows when to use that air to speak and when to exhale in silence.”

“If you approach one of them and he growls or doesn't speak, assume it's Remi. He has perpetual PMS and will tear your arm right out of its socket. You don't really have to do anything other than breathe to piss him off. Word of wise.”

“When the wisdom speaks, be silent. Do not waste your candle when the sun is there.”