“Im proud of you, son, he said. I guess it has finally sunk in that its important to stand up for yourself in this world.Rocky shook his head. Its more important to stand up for someone who cant sta...”

“Life is a chain of choices. Making the correct one is never easy.Thats for sure, agreed Rocky.But if we didnt make difficult choices, right or wrong, said Mr. Veraldi, we wouldnt learn anything wor...”

“I’m proud of you, son,” he said. “I guess it has finally sunk in that it’s important to stand up for yourself in this world.”Rocky shook his head. “It’s more important to stand up for someone who c...”

“Life is a chain of choices. Making the correct one is never easy.”“That’s for sure,” agreed Rocky.“But if we didn’t make difficult choices, right or wrong,” said Mr. Veraldi, “we wouldn’t learn any...”

“People who love themselves, dont hurt other people. The more we hate ourselves, the more we want others to suffer.”

“He couldn't have pulled back the lock, they couldn't simply have climbed over the sides of the stall in all of three seconds, because those weren't the rules of the game.Theirs was the intoxication...”

“No matter how kind you are, always expect a few imbeciles.”

“Things will get easier, people's minds will change, and you should be alive to see it.”

“The power to compel is not the same thing as leadership, and one does inspire the other. You are not a leader, Walters, you are a bully and a coward of the worst kind. the fear you believe you insp...”

“If you're horrible to me, I'm going to write a song about it, and you won't like it. That's how I operate.”

“Children betrayed their parents by becoming their own people.”

“But marrying within one's own family can get monotonous. One has heard all the same family stories, knows all the jokes and all the same recipes. No novelty.”

“She took comfort in the familiarity of his smell, knowing that if she lost all her possessions and her home, at least she would have her family.”