There is always the fantasy of maternal love, but it does not accommodate a mother's fear of her children.

He wonders what it would be like to belong somewhere and never doubt it.

You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him.

A personal journey is part of the generational relay. Live your legacy then pass it on.

Some people's money is merited and other people's is inherited.

There was an inevitability about the road towards each other which encouraged meandering along the route.

At any moment, I could start being a better person...but which moment should I choose?

I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church.

Work hard at everything you do. Never give up. Never quit. Many people have talents but without the hard work you won't get anywhere.

That's one of the surprises in the research, that's it's not young people who are smitten with their phones. It's their parents who are not paying attention to them.

All angry persons are to be treated, by the prudent, as children.

And it rained a screaming. And it rained a rawness. And it rained a plasma. And it rained a disorder.