“Why not"! That is SO wise. So many things would be possible in this world if you thought "Why not?" all day long.”

“Empty calories taste so good when you're down in the dumps.”

“Cat pee isn't a bad smell if you have a cat that you love.”

“You get a happy feeling helping someone read. You feel sort of like a wizard.”

“Mom wouldn't approve of taffy for breakfast, magic word or no magic word, but Gramma Dee is different that way. A lot of grammas are.”

“I once had a patient who used to practice the most horrible tortures on himself, and when I asked him why he did such things, he said, 'Why, before the world does them.' I asked him then, 'Why not wait and see what the world will do?' and he said, 'Don't you see? It always come at last, but this way at least I am master of my own destruction.”

“Family comes first" is indeed a powerful principle, but so is the imperative for your own development. It is not a self-explanatory or self-applying principle, and it can collide with other principles.”