“Make a liberty without the instinctive duress.”

“A scolded mouse knows no grievance.”

“Seemingly opposing forces can amalgamate.”

“Bifurcation embraces the weapon of success and failure.”

“Life itself is a chance.”

“Aversion to change is denial of destiny.”

“Man is not suffering by external forces as much as his own dysfunctional mind and self inflicted negative stimulus.”

“I suppose it must be admitted that I was raised in a "dysfunctional" family, but in truth, I do not think I had any sense of that as I was growing up. Probably part of the reason was that all of my...”

“Technology is your friend... When it works.”

“There are orphanages," he exclaimed to himself, "for children who have lost their parents--oh! why, why, why, are there no harbours of refuge for grown men who have not yet lost them?”

“Its the great surprise of my life that I ended up loving [my father] so much.”

“It pleased Aliena that they were all together: she and Jack and their children, and Jack's mother, and Aliena's brother, and Martha. It was quite like an ordinary family, and Aliena could almost fo...”

“In Ireland we have the phenomenon known as a "Spoiled Priest." Unlike a spoiled child, this does not refer to a Priest throwing a temper tantrum.”