“Appreciate the things and people in your life while remaining independent of them. Give thanks for them, but realize that they do not complete you. Only you can complete you.”

“I've always believed that you must be able to appreciate the things that people can give you, and forgive them for the things they can't.”

“There's a certain class of people who will do you in and then remain completely mystified by the depth of your pain.”

“Whatever you appreciate and give thanks for will increase in your life.”

“There are a few moments in your life when you are truly and completely happy, and you remember to give thanks. Even as it happens you are nostalgic for the moment, you are tucking it away in your scrapbook.”

“The complete truth, McKenzie, is I’d do anything for you, but you ask for nothing. You won’t confide in me. You won’t rely on me. You’re so preoccupied trying to decide if you can trust your feelings that you won’t consider giving in to them.”