Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the run, people with appointments to keep and schedules to meet.

Whoever coined the phrase 'a man's got to play the hand that was dealt him' was most certainly one piss-poor bluffer.

She had her addictions and one of them was reading.

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.

Mom could say that in hindsight, but it seemed to me that when you were in the middle of something, it was awful hard to figure out what part of it was God's will and what wasn't.

When someone's wounded, the first order of business is to stop the bleeding. You can figure out later how best to help them heal.

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