The two smallest boys were cut down first, bodies bounding in different directions as they were shot from opposite sides of the field, like pinballs caught in a tight corner.

I believe a family just isn’t complete without skeletons. My dearest momma clean bit off my daddy’s nose right around the time they divorced.

Limp finally spoke. “Do you think you could kill a person and not get all crazy about it?

Kids never jumped head first from the top ledge. Never. It seemed forever beforeStoney came back to the surface. Most of the white bubbles had already disappeared.

Grandpa said that we could solve a lot of the world’s problems if we considered cats and dogs edible. Like the neighbor’s dog who goes to the bathroom in his flower garden. And know what else?

Only Live Like You (OLLY)

I'm a big believer you should design work around a vast majority of people who want to do the right thing rather than around the tiny minority who might take advantage.

The fact that people die because of an AK-47 is not because of the designer, but because of politics.

I'm all about making my girl feel like she's the only woman in the world. Whether it's telling her how special she is or showing her with gifts and romantic dates, I want to make her happy.

Excessive optimism sows the seeds of its own reversal.

The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.

You must know for yourself, directly, the truth of yourself and you cannot realize it through another, however great. There is no authority that can reveal it.

I think it's good for moms to work. I have three daughters, so I like them to see me working and doing something I'm passionate about.

Design really can be anything.

I know of two tragic histories in the world - that of Ireland, and that of Macedonia. Both of them have been deprived and tormented