Boundaries represent awareness, knowing what the limits are and then respecting those limits.

Making amends is not only saying the words but also being willing to listen to how your behavior caused another’s pain, and then the really hard part…changing behavior.

The more severe the dysfunction you experienced growing up, the more difficult boundaries are for you.

The greater the pain associated with love, the more likely a person is to be attracted to others who will inflict this pain…for isn’t this what love is? Hurt people tend to hurt other people.

It is one thing to know about your dysfunctional habits but quite another to change them.

If you are looking for love under rocks or bringing home water moccasins, you might be confusing love and pain.

Sitting on the hot seat of change requires much courage, patience, and persistence.

If we want to improve, first we have to recognize our own maladaptive coping skills, called codependency, then change.

Change will not successfully happen unless the emotional component is solved.

Putting labels on others creates a black hole of disregard where judgment thrives and schisms deepen.

Change is hard, difficult, painful, and often messy

This one word “Love” has revolutionized the whole planet in an evolutionary way. Without this, none of us might have been born.

I must not undervalue my work simply because I enjoy it. A working artist understands his worth and lives by it.

Don't spend time beating on a wall hoping to transform it into a door.

The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.

Actors always have to fight for the good parts. There are so few good roles written for women each year, and when one is written like this every actress in town covets the role.

I was right when I said I'd never look back. It hurts too much, it drags at your heart till you can't ever do anything else except look back.

Everyone has all different experiences in school. I just know that throughout my life, at no time did any teacher ever point to me and say, hey. He'll go far.

You have yourself and your instinct - there isn't anything else at the end of the day.

And no, we don't know where it will lead. We just know there's something much bigger than any of us here.

It's an incredible play, and not only that, that's the type of plays Malcolm makes for our team.