Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Well done is better than well said.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Only the educated are free.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Never complain and never explain.
This was a mutual relationship, mutual on all levels, right from the way it started and all the way through. I don't accept that he had to completely desecrate my character.