" Cover Title Page Acknowledgments Dedication Rules for David Follow the rules. Don’t run down the clinic hallway. If it’s too loud, cover your ears or ask the other person to be quiet. Sometimes you’ve gotta work with what you’ve got. If you don’t have the words you need, borrow someone else’s. Sometimes things work out, but don’t count on it. Saying you’ll do something means you have to do it — unless you have a very good excuse. If you can only choose one, pick carefully. At someone else’s house, you have to follow their rules. If it fits in your mouth, it’s food. "

― Cynthia Lord , Rules