Books were a dependable pleasure. I read more then than I ever was able to read again until now when I am too old to work much and am mostly alone.

And so I learned about grief, and about the absence and emptiness that for a long time make grief unforgettable.

Grandmam came back from that distance in time that separates grandmothers from their grandchildren and made herself a mother to me.

I realized that the story of even so small a place can never be completely told and can never be finished. It is eternal, always here and now, and going on forever.

You think winter will never end, and then, when you don't expect it, when you have almost forgotten it, warmth comes and a different light.

Time doesn't stop. Your life doesn't stop and wait until you get ready to start living it.

Scars heal when you learn to FLY.F(irst) L(ove) Y(ourself).

Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them.

I feel the flame of eternity in my soul.

Be more assertive with what you want to do.

You don't need to know the word of God; you need to know the God of the word.

It is better to think of church in the ale-house than to think of the ale-house in church.

I think it's good politics to beat up on big companies and rich people.

I expect that in 40 years' time I'll be writing political tomes and working for an organisation like Oxfam.

Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, "shake well before using." That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable.

A frozen river is not a dry one, it's just a still river on the surface but is still moving, and so am my winter writing.