One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.

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

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

It's really not that hard to put food on the table if that's what you decide to do.

sometimes after I finished a particularly good book, I had the urge to get the library card, find out who else had read the book, and track them down to talk about it

I hate Erma," I told Mom... "You have to show compassion for her..." She added that you should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. "Everyone has something good about them," she said. "You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that." "Oh yeah?" I said. "How about Hitler? What was his redeeming quality?" "Hitler loved dogs," Mom said without hesitation.

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