Horror was rooted in sympathy . . . in understanding what it would be like to suffer the worst.

Aren't you going to tell me I'm not so bad? she asked. Mmm-no. I was thinking how every man loves a hot girl with a history of making mistakes. Because it's always possible she'll make one with you.

Work and pray, live on hay, youll get pie in the sky when you die.

Were talking about an attitude. Delayed gratification is there, planning, be able to give up something now to get something later.

Was there any human urge more pitiful-or more intense- than wanting another chance at something?

He paused, twisting his goatee, considering the law in Deuteronomy that forbade clothes with mixed fibers. A problematic bit of Scripture. A matter that required thought. "Only the devil wants man to have a wide range of lightweight and comfortable styles to choose from," he murmured at last, trying out a new proverb. "Although there may be no forgiveness for polyester. On this one matter, Satan and the Lord are in agreement.

I will be waiting by candlelight in our tree house of the mind.