“Nobody can avoid falling in love. They might want to deny it, but friendship is probably the most common form of love.”

“Your own politicians make our Dr. Goebbels look like a child playing with picture books in a kindergarten. They speak of morality while they douse screaming children and old women in burning napalm. Your draft-resisters are called cowards and ‘peaceniks.’ For refusing to follow orders they are either put in jails or scourged from the country. Those who demonstrate against this country's unfortunate Asian adventure are clubbed down in the streets. The GI soldiers who kill the innocent are decorated by Presidents, welcomed home from the bayoneting of children and the burning of hospitals with parades and bunting. They are given dinners, Keys to the City, free tickets to pro football games.” He toasted his glass in Todd's direction. “Only those who lose are tried as war criminals for following orders and directives.”

“It was easier to manipulate someone if they didn’t perceive you as a threat.”

“The tricky thing about giving opinions is that sometimes they cost you more than you wanted to spend.”

“We are fighters and survivors. We are here. We are alive and breathing, living and loving, birthing and caring, working and earning. The sky is above us. The earth is below us. We can never be poor. ~ NanaAnna”

“The worst decisions in life we make are always the one we make out of fear.”

“The moment we forget that even the evil among us are still human is the moment we forget that even the most human among us are still evil.”

“An idea can only become a reality once it is broken down into organized, actionable elements.”