“Rock bottom is good solid ground, and a dead end street is just a place to turn around.”

“A dead end street is a good place to turn around.”

“Most of us are imprisoned by something. We're living in darkness until something flips on the switch.”

“The best revenge is living well.”

“(In part, quoting Robert Keegan from Harvard):'When we take the risk of really witnessing another human being, when we validate their human experience, we risk becoming recruited to their welfare.' I allow my empathy to be engaged, and once it is - because my feelings help teach me what my values are - I'm on the path for which there is no return. I am inexorably an advocate when I allow my empathy to be engaged.”

“I recall looking out the window at Redbuds,Dogwoods, daffodils, irises and pom-pom bushes, knowing exactly what Heaven must look like: a spring day in Kentucky.”

“I will never understand the appeal of the Hawaiian pizza.”