“A critic is someone who comes down off the mountain after the battle and shoots the wounded.”

“A critic is someone who never actually goes to the battle, yet who afterwords comes out shooting the wounded.”

“A critic is someone who enters the battlefield after the war is over and shoots the wounded.”

“once i was told to not be sad, because behind every dark cloud there is a bright sky...what they do not seem to know is that past that bright sky is an endless darkness.”

“A family is like a set of gears, when one goes missing, the other gears don't function as well.”

“'Shoot the wounded... what we do to people who are the most vulnerable... we 'shoot the wounded.' As if they haven't suffered enough, we add to it by gossiping and treating hurt people like outcasts." ..."I think we killed Ronnie's spirit... Instead of coming alongside her and supporting her through this, I failed her...”

“Staying on the fence is safe ... until someone shoots you off!”