I remember it as October days are always remembered, cloudless, maple-flavored, the air gold and so clean it quivers.
Leif EngerYou can embark on new and steeper versions of your old sins, you know, and cry tears while doing it that are genuine as any.
Leif EngerMy sister, Swede, who often sees to the nub, offered this: People fear miracles because they fear being changed--though ignoring them will change you also. Swede said another thing, too, and it rang in me like a bell: No miracle happens without a witness. Someone to declare, Here's what I saw. Here's how it went. Make of it what you will.
Leif Enger