Daddy loved his son. Daddy believed his son walked on water. Daddy, Mike had long ago decided, was an idiot.
On and on they went these nevers, but despite their random natures I found myself following almost every one. Perhaps because I never wanted to disappoint my father.
Every time you do something crazy, I can feel my little hairs committing suicide by jumping right out of my head and plunging all the way to my shoulders. If you listen carefully, you can sometimes hear them screaming all the way down.
There are a lot of people in the world, I think, who could learn a lot from my dad.
She liked him too much for her own.
Have you ever noticed that the less interesting something is, the longer people want to talk about it?
And, after all, no one ever said that life was fair; what you want and what you get are usually two entirely different things.
I can sometimes lose track of time when staring at a sky filled with wind-whipped clouds, and when I hear thunder rumbling, I always draw near the window to watch for lightning. When the next brilliant flash illuminates the sky, I often find myself filled with longing, though I’m at a loss to tell you what it is that I feel my life is missing.
The Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu once said that being loved deeply by someone gives you strength, and loving someone deeply gives you courage.
She reminded herself that Kevin would.
Natural things gave back more than they took, and their sounds always brought him back to the way man was supposed to be.
But if you’re going to make a judgment about me, then you need to know who I really am, not just the part I decide to tell you. I’d rather be honest about all of it and let you make the call as to whether you want to keep talking to me or not.” “Have.
All she knew for sure was that the emotional turbulence of the last few months had left her with little energy to take care of herself.
But sometimes, the curveballs end up smacking us in the chest and close to the heart, leaving bruises that never seem to heal.
He has two hunting dogs. The bright star over there is Sirius, and that’s part of Canis Major, and Procyon is part of Canis Minor.” Travis.
The going was rough, and it was time to get going. There was no time like the present, because the early bird catches the worm.
His death had left her with an emptiness that she knew would never fill completely. But time had lessened the pain.
Because people don’t always want the truth. Like when your girlfriend asks if a particular outfit makes her look fat, you should tell her she looks beautiful.
I miracoli sono autentici e possono verificarsi a dispetto dell’ordine naturale delle cose.
Sometimes, despite the structured chaos always associated with mornings, they would simply lie together in each other’s arms for a few more minutes, as if drawing the strength to face the upcoming day.