To have any kind of a future you've got to give up hope of ever changing your past.

- M. L. Stedman

Right and wrong can be like bloody snakes: so tangled up that you can't tell which is which until you've shot 'em both, and then it's too late.

- M. L. Stedman

You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day.

- M. L. Stedman

When it comes to their kids, parents are all just instinct and hope. And fear. Rules and laws fly straight out the window.

- M. L. Stedman

Once a child gets into your heart, there’s no right or wrong about it.

- M. L. Stedman

There are times when the ocean is not the ocean - not blue, not even water, but some violent explosion of energy and danger: ferocity on a scale only…

- M. L. Stedman

We live with the decisions we makeThat’s what bravery is. Standing by the consequences of your mistakes.

- M. L. Stedman

Oh, but my treasure, it is so much less exhausting. You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day. You have to keep …

- M. L. Stedman

There are times when the ocean is not the ocean - not blue, not even water, but some violent explosion of energy and danger: fierceness on a scale on…

- M. L. Stedman