They took everything from her, her job, friends, boyfriend, freedom, choices, income, access to her stuff, even her lucky Buddha figurine, but what they couldn’t take from her, if she didn’t allow them, was who she was.

Rain has to fall before a rainbow appears. It often takes a tragedy to make us take another look at our lives, since we neglect the warning signs in times of pleasure. As with any major shake-up in life, you really have to ask yourself this question: How did I bring it onto myself? Or: is the universe trying to tell me something?

The truth is, there is nothing wrong with the world. In a greater scheme of things, negativity is as useful as positivity.

Losing Scotty was a big loss but Tschab (Chris Tschabotar) really lifted, as well as Joey McCormick, so we were able to compensate,

I'd expect they would put in a loss notice for 2005, simply because they're telling everyone else that they're losing money, (so) why wouldn't they tell Hearst that.

That was our first NCL loss. It's not just losing in the NCL. It's losing in general. That lost might have been an awakening for some people.