You gotta face the hand you're dealt with and deal with it, and make your problems be the smallest part of who you are.

Don't ever forget your history," she sang, "or any wicked soul can lie to you and get away with it.

You can't do anything for a person who is stuck between being happy and being miserable. All you can do is get trapped in the middle, and anyone in the middle just gets squished.' -Grandma

You gotta face the hand you're dealt with and deal with it, and make your problems be the smallest part of who you are.

Don't ever go to war. Even if you win, the battle is never over inside you.

Since I was trying so hard to make books lead my life, I didn’t want to read them and then just put them back on the shelf and say, “good book,” as if I was patting a good dog. I wanted books to change me, and I wanted to write books that would change others.

You know, Joey, the medication has helped settle you down, but you have been a good kid all along. You are naturally good. I hope you know that about yourself. You have a good heart.