"So far, the only people whom I've found to be that honest are either children or crazy." - Torey Hayden

"Compassion is only useful if coupled with clear-headedness." - Mary Pipher

"I wonder if this is a hazard of being a writer: a sense of detachment that sometimes makes the present seem like it is already past." -Annie G. Rogers

"There come those times when words would seem as if they were a good idea, but in reality they are too paltry for the job." -Torey Hayden

"Be careful that what you think of as tolerance doesn't become lack of judgment." - "Carolyn" from: Just Another Kid by Torey Hayden

"Despair has a certain integrity." - Mary Pipher.

"There are only two ways of telling the complete truth-anonymously and posthumously." - Thomas Sowell

"Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter" - Dr. Seuss

"When you feel you know the future, you can be sure that you are reliving the past." - "Blumenfeld" from: A Shining Affliction by Annie Rogers

"What is therapy anyway except a professional friendship?" -"Tim" from: Just Another Kid by Torey Hayden

"It is inherently tragic to become so close to someone that you can never completely know and are destined to lose." - Deborah Lott