The human animal only sees what it wants to see.

She was the archetypal selfless mother: living only for her children, sheltering them from the consequences of their actions - and in the end doing them irreparable harm.

every death diminishes us, but those that leave differences unresolved and things unsaid are the most painful of all.

When placing an emergency call, it is important to remember that a corrupt or incompetent cop may be on their way to you.

I quickly learned that reading is cumulative and proceeds by geometrical progression: each new reading builds upon whatever the reader has read before.

A woman is perturbed by what a man forgets---a man by what a woman remembers.

I co-own the ranch with my brother, and he and his wife are really the backbone of the operation.

If I had a girl I'd love to see her in my clothes. It's real romantic.

The Woodshed Orchestra trade in exuberance and might, a glistening thunderslap on the hind of musical atrophy. These songs leap from disc to lap, a many-legged beast trundling with joy and vision.

Memory is the best of all gardens. Therein, winter and summer, the seeds of their past lie dormant, ready to spring into instant bloom at any moment the mind wishes to bring them to life.

Other people's opinions do not determine your potential.

In the middle of a dessert, no one talks about the virtues of the Sun!

The whole idea of the prayers of the saints is that God's holiness, God's purpose, God's ways may be brought about irrespective of who comes or goes.