They were home. He always felt a bit like a snail, but instead of carrying his home on his back, he carried it in his arms.

They spoke in semaphore, all punctuation unnecessary.“You?”“Great.”They’d trimmed the language to its essentials. Before long it would just be consonants. Then silence.

We're all blessed and we're all blighted, Chief Inspector, " said Finney. "Everyday each of us does our sums. The question is, what do we count?

She taught me that life goes on, and that I had a choice. To lament what I no longer had or be grateful for what remained.

Rules meant order. Without them they’d be killing each other. It began with butting in, with parking in disabled spaces, with smoking in elevators. And it ended in murder.

…believing sarcasm and rude remarks kept the monsters at bay. They didn’t.

Do you know the sums that I do?” “I count my blessings.

Do you know why we’re all happy here, monsieur? Because it’s the last house on the road.

Sometimes you’ll hear, ‘People don’t change.’ This is true more often than it ought to be, but listen again: ‘People don’t change.’ It says ‘don’t, ’ not ‘can’t.’ (316)

Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts forever.

Friend of everyone is friend of none.

Yeah. I left something here that I love.

In my teaching, I enjoyed creating models to clearly communicate my thoughts.

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Par toi tout le bonheur que m'offre l'avenir Est dans mon souvenir. Through you, all the happiness that the future offers Is in my memory.

Any Canadian looking in the bathroom mirror is sure to recognize one of Guy Vanderhaeghe's people. Man Descending is the startling debut of an excellent writer.

If you actively do something, it will stop making you feel like a victim and you'll start feeling like part of the solution, which is just a huge benefit to your body and your psyche.

I got married when I was 16 so I had to do shift-work to make ends meet.