No one expected you to amount to much," she told me. "Lori was the smart one, Maureen the pretty one, and Brian the brave one. You never had much going for you except that you always worked hard.

If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.

I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes.

You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.

Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That's positive reinforcement for negative behavior.

No child is born a delinquent. They only became that way if nobody loved them when they were kids. Unloved children grow up to be serial murderers or alcoholics.

Things usually work out in the end." "What if they don't?" "That just means you haven't come to the end yet.