Parents just concentrate on the thing that drives them nuts and all the other good stuff you do goes out the window.
When you listen to G. T. Stoop, you understand the importance of being a honorable person, you get charged to fight for the truth, you get angry that so many politicians are playing games with people’s trust.
Divorce casts so many shadows.
But through it all I held Mrs. Pettibone’s words in my heart-the ones she spoke to me after the funeral when she took my hand, looked into my face and said, “You’ve got your father’s eyes.
Revenge of the Giant Grill Man.
Wes held my hand in front of Dad, who played it real easy, like I had boys around all the time. JoAnn said I was lucky, and she should know. Her father specialized in fear, being a life insurance salesman, and could bring a boy to his knees.
I’ve got my Replogle globe, because you’ve got to keep a world view, you can’t just live like you’re the only person on the planet who matters.
You know what it’s like to move from being happy to being not? It’s like swinging as high as you can and someone stops you as you come back down.
When you have something so important, something that you’ll stay awake for, something you know that you were designed to do, well, it’s worth getting a few dark circles, don’t you think?
And we learned that you don’t have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You just have to try to be a true person. We learned that helping other people brings out the good in everybody.
Words are such powerful things. We can rip somebody apart with them, we can write words down that can forever hurt another person. We can use them to tell stories and lies. We can misquote them and change what other people said to make ourselves look good...
Almost. It’s a big word for me. I feel it everywhere. Almost home. Almost happy. Almost changed. Almost, but not quite. Not yet. Soon, maybe. I’m hoping hard for that.
I’ll tell you something about tough times. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you’ll find your way through.
You’ve got to love yourself with all your short comings, and you’ve got to love the world no matter how bad it gets.
Staring down hard truth takes guts.
When we don’t have the words, chocolate can speak volumes.
Sometimes just getting up in the morning and standing at the gate can bring the gate down.
Librarians understand about power – they know how to find anything.
Infatuation cannot be sustained indefinitely, my friend. Love that embraces the entire person is a monumental gift that takes time to grow.
Mountains draw you to a deeper place in yourself.