One door away from heaven And the key is ours to lose. One door away from heaven But oh, the entry dues.

...like a scene from the swamps of Louisiana or the mind of Poe on opium.

Nothing is worse than being alone on the evening of the day when one's cow has exploded.

I always enjoyed the kids, but I didn't enjoy the bureaucracy of the educational system.

Love and sausage are alike. Can never have enough of either.

No degree of prosperity can be sufficient to eliminate all misfortune, and sloth is impervious to opportunity.

I just became fascinated with how complex and unlikely the universe is and life is and Catholicism gives me an answer to that.