“Sometimes, if you want to protect something you care about, you have to take extreme steps.”

“Sometimes you have to take those first steps, take that leap of faith, and inspire God to catch you.”

“Sometimes your friends take you ten steps backwards for every step you take forward. Sometimes misplaced loyalty ruins your destiny.”

“Sometimes you should have something you don't need but that you want.”

“what's right? If you want something, you have the right to take it. If you want to do something, you have the right to do it.”

“Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. If you are not capable of generating that kind of energy toward yourself — if you are not capable of taking care of yourself, of nourishing yourself, of protecting yourself — it is very difficult to take care of another person.”

“It's not just about you taking care of "your" child. It's about you taking care of these children.”

“… sometimes you just want the comfort of knowing that somebody really does care about you (even if they show it in peculiar ways).”

“There was something about having someone care about you like that that made you feel like you could never be totally alone.”

“You are the male I might have been. You are the potential I had and lost. You are the honor and the strength and the kindness she needs. You'll take care of her. I want you to take care of her.”