The whole process of writing a novel is having this great, beautiful idea and then spoiling it.

Not having to own a car has made me realize what a waste of time the automobile is.

Statuettes of drunken sailors, velvet pictures of island maidens, plastic seashell lamps made in Taiwan. What contempt the people who think up souvenirs have for other people.

A chaplain's biggest gift is to be present and just listen.

Any essayist setting out on a frail apparatus of notings and jottings is a brave person.

Laughter is the jam on the toast of life. It adds flavor, keeps it from being too dry, and makes it easier to swallow.

Glenda Adams has written a wicked and witty novel.