“Their world has changed overnight ...Even after the trial, after the verdict -- whatever it might be -- life would never be the same again.That was the truth of murder.”

“Think, dream and expect great things. For would you rather be correct in your perception? Or would you rather be exceptional in your life?”

“My life was a wreck. I had nothing, no material possessions, unless debts counts. Fourteen pairs of shoes that were too small for me was all I had to show after a lifetime of profligate spending. I hadn’t a job. I hadn’t any qualifications. I’d achieved nothing with my life. I’d never been happy. I had no husband or boyfriend.”

“I was taught that the world had a lot of problems; that I could struggle and change them; that intellectual and material gifts brought the privilege and responsibility of sharing with others less fortunate; and that service is the rent each of us pays for living -- the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time or after you have reached your personal goals.”

“Be careful what you look for and expect in life, because you will either find it or create it.”

“Your life today is, for the most part, a manifestation of the stories you told yourself in the past.”

“Growth or stagnation? There is no in-between. Life always seeks more of itself and death picks up the slack.”