“Family is more important than anything.”

“Anyone hurts my family, I slap them down. A man does for family. That's one of the rules I got from my pa. His rules for being a man.”

“Some days in the camp you prayed to live; some days you prayed to die quick. Some days you didn't bother praying, knowing there was no sense to anything.”

“Racism, Dr. Sam. I worry for my kids about racism. Racism doesn't appear to take holidays or time off. What can I do about this stuff?”

“These young people are going to change the world.”

“Kids are important. The most important thing.”

“Every human being desires love and happiness.”

“Inside of all of us there is the need and the desire to be heard, to have our innermost thoughts, feelings and desires expressed for others to hear, to see and to understand. We all want to matter ...”

“I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are.”

“Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.”

“...Things happenedwhen you were little. Things youdon't remember now, and don't wantto. But they need to escape,need to worm their way outof that dark place in your brainwhere you keep them stashed.”

“There has never been a verified scientific report that chelation therapy, a gluten-free diet, or anything else can cure autism.”