If only it were possible to thank those of the past that provided us with the quality of life that we have today and to know whether those of the future will thank or curse us for what we will leave to them.

We are more likely to permit the entry of a beautiful fantasy than a plain or unpleasant truth. In these cases, we can say that beauty is only words deep.

There are two things that respect and disrespect have in common. They are both earned.

Within each of us a “good-cop bad-cop” kind of force at work; sometimes the good-cop is doing the grilling and at other times, it’s the bad-cop; and if they don’t get what they’re after during the day, they work us over again in our dreams.