The finger in the jar atop the entertainment center served as a reminder: death was far kinder than the fate Juanita could have suffered at the hands of that other man.

...hero or not, he wanted to hold her forever and not let go.

Faith is like radar that sees through the fog -- the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.

A wise man is humble, knowing he actually doesn't know much.

...the play of the toughest and most lucid mind are at the same time both lavished andsquandered.

SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine.

Our waiting is not nothing. It is something -- a very big something -- because people tend to be shaped by whatever it is they are waiting for.

Good slaves are free, but bad free men are slaves of many passions.

He who obeys God's laws finds him a father. He who disobeys them, finds him a judge.

Long distance running is particularly good training in perseverance.

I can't wait to front my band with these new songs and play for fans, but I've decided to keep my day job too.