Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.

Teaching is a calling too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy - angels leading their flocks out of the darkness.

That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run.

Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.

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

People are like animals. Some are happiest penned in, some need to roam free. You go to recognize what's in her nature and accept it.

As I sat down, though, I realized that you can get used to certain luxuries that you start to think they're necessities, but when you have to forgo them, you come to see that you don't need them after all. There was a big difference between needing things and wanting things--though a lot of people had trouble telling the two apart--and at the ranch, I could see, we have pretty much everything we'd need but precious little else.