“Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something.”

“The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.”

“Being afraid something is true is accepting the possibility. Accepting the possibility is the first step to believing.”

“Don't step backward toward nothing, step forward toward something, better awkward steps forward, than coward steps backward.”

“The first step toward tolerance is respect and the first step toward respect is knowledge.”

“The non-suicide is a little traveling suck of care, sucking care with him from the past and being sucked toward care in the future. His breath is high in his chest.The ex-suicide opens his front door, sits down on the steps, and laughs. Since he has the option of being dead, he has nothing to lose by being alive. It is good to be alive. He goes to work because he doesn't have to.”