Catherine Sweeney

“It's the pointless things that give your life meaning. Friendship, compassion, art, love. All of them pointless. But they're what keeps life from being meaningless.”
― Tim Winton

“The reasons: • They think it’s funny. • They take perverse satisfaction out of upsetting adults. • Sometimes they get what they want when they misbehave. • Rebelling against authority gives them a sense of power. • They often get a lot of attention when they misbehave. • They discover that they can control certain people and situations by misbehaving.”
― John Rosemond, The Well-Behaved Child: Discipline That Really Works!

“I am different, not less.”
― Temple Grandin

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets