some people are lonely for all the right reasons.

Things Happen and once they start happening you pretty much just to hold on for dear life and see where they drop you when they stop.

If you haven't been in a war and are wondering how long it takes to get used to losing everything you think you need or love, I can tell you the answer is no time at all.

The soldier had stamped my passport FAMILY in heavy black capital letters and I checked it now for reassurance and because I liked how fierce the word looked

Staying alive was what we did to pass the time.

If there was ever a more perfect day in the history of time it isn't one I've heard about.

After all this time, I know exactly where I belong. Here. With Edmond. And that's how I live now.

In solitude we discover that community is not a common ideology, but a response to a common call.

Even when the strings are broken in our lives, the sweet music plays on in our hearts.

I'm closest to the music when I'm onstage with the band, playing.

It's funny how things happen in life. Sometimes, you just take the opportunity when it comes. Life can be surprising.

It's always darkness before the dawn.

Temptations are a file which rub off much of the rust of our self-confidence.

Our whole civilization rests on the fact that men have always succeeded in beating off the attack of the re-distributors.

There has never been a Protestant boy nor a Protestant girl whose mind the Bible has not soiled.

You can be interested in a Jane Smiley novel whether or not anyone says a word. She enters into her characters thoughts with great understanding and depth.