That dreadful alligator attack in Orlando would never have happened if Disney had put up real warning signs, like other Florida resorts do. But wild alligators don't fit the Disney image, so they were no proper warnings, and a child died for no reason.

I don't have an e-reader. One reason is that I like to dog-ear the page when I find a particularly good sentence or passage.

My escape is to just get in a boat and disappear on the water.

Roy remembered the time he and his father had a talk about fighting. 'It's important to stand up for what's right,' Mr. Eberhardt had said, 'but sometimes there's a fine line between courage and stupidity.

The evening news made her wonder if God was dead; the morning sun made her believe He wasn't.

That's what people do when they find a special place that wild and full of life, they trample it to death.

Mickey Cray had been out of work ever since a dead iguana fell from a palm tree and hit him on the head.