A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.

Everyone needs a hobby, he said. And everyone needs a miracle or two, just to prove life is more than just one long trudge from the cradle to the grave.

When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, 'Why god? Why me?' and the thundering voice of God answered, 'There's just something about you that pisses me off.'

Outside, a gusty October breeze was combing leaves from the trees and sending them across her backyard in colorful skitters.

Why does everyone think that I am a cruel and insensitive man? I mean, come on, I have kids... on my desk in little jars!

Sometimes there is absolutely no difference at all between salvation and damnation.

Time's the thief of memory