The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react

Life is a drama full of tragedy and comedy. You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.

Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out.

But the positive thoughts would give way to negative thoughts, and the negative thoughts seemed to swoop into her mind the way a big flock of black crows takes over the landscape, sitting thick in the trees and on the fence rails and lawns, staring at you in ominous silence.

If you had weak eyes, they needed exercise to get strong. Glasses were like crutches. They prevented people with feeble eyes from seeing the world on their own.

If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim

Don't worry, God understands,' Mom said. 'He knows that your father is a cross we must bear.