The women I know with strong personalities, the ones who might have become generals or the heads of companies if they were men, become teachers. Teaching is a calling, too. And I've always thought that teachers in their way are holy-angles leading their flocks out of the darkness.

Sometimes you have to get sicker before you can get better.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.