“True pain teaches us to grow. You aren't finished yet. Dylan needs you.”

“I saw a movie once that said that two people in a family aren't enough.”

“There is no goal, nowhere to get to, nothing to achieve.All that you seek, no matter how great or small, is merely entertainment, diversion, or exercise along the way. It is of no consequence. Yet you must do it. That is the secret. You must do your work, you must help others, you must grow your plants, and you must write.You must do all those things, and yet those things will lead you no place that you are not right now.”

“The door opened to reveal Janie gleefully putting the finishing touches of the bright pink polish on Max's hands."Nice timing," the solider said with a grimace.Talen snorted. "You're relieved, in case you need to powder your cheeks.”

“PricklyWhen I'm feelingporcupine-y,I get nasty,I get whiny.Stay away orI might stick you.My sharp words arequills to prick you.”

“The past is finished. There is nothing to be gained by going over it. Whatever it gave us in the experiences it brought us was something we had to know. ”

“You have a manure pile of memories. Nothing you can do about that. Now, you can drown in the stink, or turn it into compost and grow a garden.”