You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself.

There's really no such thing as an 'ex-cop' or a cop who's 'off-duty' or 'retired.' Once trained, once indoctrinated, a cop is always alert, assessing reality in terms of its potential for illegal acts.

To many women mistake a man's hostility for wit and his silence for depth.

If you're unhappy, change something.

That's the way the system works. Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.

Train yourself to listen to that small voice that tells us what's important and what's not.

There was an author who titled his books by days of the weeks and another one that used colors. Then there was Edward Gorey who wrote the book The Gashlycrumb Tinies, about the untimely death of 26 Victorian children, each representing a letter of the alphabet. I thought what a great way to link the titles.