“No one cares / who is better / who is worse / who has more / who has less.”

I was a wonderful parent before I had children.

From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful.

The personal frustrations that they don’t dare let out on anyone else but a brother or sister,

I was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own.

From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility.

I was a wonderful parent before I had children.

Our job is to let our children know what’s right about them.

Comforters for our todays / Guardians of memories

We put him in touch with his inner reality.

From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient.

And sometimes, from their envy of each other’s special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.

Content in our connectedness / we are brothers and sisters / after all.

From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise.

The whole world will tell them what’s wrong with them–out loud and often.

Take two kids in competition for their parents’ love and attention.

We have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their “rightness.”

Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

I’ve had contact with Arsenal and Chelsea, but it’s a bit of a mess.

Your love was more of a funeral of hearts than a union of souls.

You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.

Never forget that it is the spirit with which you endow your work that makes it useful or futile.

I just want to keep the diversity and the options open. In terms of what I’m looking for,

Whilst I’m still young and I still have the looks

I’m known for playing bad guys, so this was an interesting departure from what I’m known to play, which is a softer, more likable, affable character.