Some people think that it’s okay to be downright nasty to people they love. It is not okay. Nasty is never called for, and it’s certainly not sweet, useful, nor positive.

Actively repeating a lie or denial does not make it true.

Extra-marital affairs become things of legend… and often the undoing of legends… and mere mortals.

Cheating is pure hypocrisy. Our partner deserves better than that. If we don’t love someone, we should not be with them. That would also be hypocrisy.

Screaming and repeating lies makes them neither true nor more believable.

There is tremendous trauma in the betrayal caused by a perpetual liar as they repeatedly commit psychological abuse.

Direct lies, small lies, huge lies, and lies of omission… these are all self-serving and sources of self-destruction.

When we make the decisions to be and stay in love, we should also make a decision and commitment to be supportive.

Appreciation and respect are mutual needs. We may be wired differently as men and women, but some needs are parallel human needs.

It takes a strong woman to tolerate a weak man. That said, it takes a strong man to tolerate a weak woman, too.

I think we need to develop a powerful dose of tolerance to understand each other’s humanness. None of us is perfect.

If you have a dream no one else can see, a reward awaits you that no one else can have.

Think about how backstory fits the tale you're trying to tell... p.195

True humility is contentment.

Freedom is never given it is won.

when man determined to destroy himself he picked the was of shall and finding only why smashed it into because.

I would not want to be a mobile home repo man. Those would be hard to sneak away - "Knock knock - Hi, would you go cut your grass and look that way for a half an hour?"

I was a very nice boy. I was well-educated ... very Catholic family. So I was very respectful, never late at work. I was always the last one to leave. It's always been that way in my life.

A strange, warm feeling swirled in my chest, and for a brief moment, when I looked at him, I saw...safety

I think we're very complicated and we're capable of all kinds of things, and movies don't reflect that.

We recognize the action of God in great things: we exclude it in small. We forget that the Lord of eternity is also the Lord of the hour.