Nothing kinder than strangers. Nothing stranger than kindness.

I wish I could remember where I put things. I spend half my life looking for my keys. With the other half I look for my glasses.

White-collar crime gets more outrageous by the second in America.

All food starting with p is comfort food: pasta, potato chips, pretzels, peanut butter, pastrami, Pizza, pastry.

I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science.

I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial world invaluable background for writing about white-collar crimes.

The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon.

When you feel lousy, puppy therapy is indicated.

I live and die with the Chicago Cubs

I have a friend who lives in the South Side of Chicago. I helped out at a church charity there where they try to give a bit of cohesion to a desperate area. Everyone was very welcoming

Capo, my first golden retriever, so loved to swim she once jumped off a cliff to get into Lake Superior.

You are a child of mine, Born of my own design, And you bear the hard of life.No matter where you go, Oh, you will always know, That you've been made free in Christ, And you are a child of mine!

Isn't it strange how wise counsel can cool the hottest head? He made sense but my heart screamed protest.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything as beautiful as you.

I was a talking lover, which most women hate.

I've done jiujitsu a huge chunk of my life, and I try to spend a lot of time educating people on the nuances, the subtleness of the ground game. It's a big part of mixed martial arts.

Prejudice is a house-plant which is very apt to wilt if you take it out-of-doors among folks.

Forever in debt to your priceless advice.

Cat's eyes seem a bridge to a world beyond the one we know.

There are some women who are a good time and there are some women who are a good legacy.

Community is a place where the connections felt in our hearts make themselves known in the bonds between people, and where the tuggings and pullings of those bonds keep opening our hearts.