“Until you are willing to be confused about what you already know, what you know will never grow bigger, better, or more useful.”

“It is really amazing what people can do. Only they don't know what they can do.”

“Life will bring you pain all by itself. Your responsibility is to create joy." Milton Erickson”

“Vital lives are about action. You can't feel warmth unless you create it, can't feel delight until you play, can't know serendipity unless you risk.”

“Welcome each day like a good meal. The essence of a life well digested comes from knowing your strengths, overdosing on the senses and remaining active and playful.Keep you hands on the plow, push don't ever stop pushing always be willing to give a little more energy-the tension may always be there. Then your life will never go limp”

“Write about something you know. Try to leave your readers better off than they were before.”

“Something heavy and cold at his core lightened. Hugging wasn't what he'd had in mind, but maybe it was better. It shouldn't surprise him, her knowing what he needed more than he did.”