At that moment i felt lonelier than i'd ever felt before, and that loneliness seemed to squat in my lungs and crush all but my most minimal breathing. There was nothing left to say. Not about this. Not about anything.

My father moved through theys of we, singing each new leaf out of each tree, (and every child was sure that spring danced when she heard my father sing).

Knowing heaven is what heals us on earth.

There's a story behind everything..but behind all your stories is always your mother's story..because hers is where yours begins.

You're not going to fix things by helping 65-year-olds or 75-year-olds for any long run.

First and foremost, I would put a massive national emphasis on illiteracy with real markers that you could measure and real efforts to do a one-on-one kind of tutoring until kids can get up to snuff on that.

Fairness, does not govern life and death. If it did, no good person would ever die young. ~ The blue man