To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.

There is something in us, as storytellers and as listeners to stories, that demands the redemptive act, that demands that what falls at least be offered the chance to be restored.

When she told a story, she rolled her eyes and waved her head and was very dramatic.

All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.

You shall know the truth, and it will make you odd.

Even a child with normal feet was in love with the world after he had got a new pair of shoes.

The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.