Mrs. Cole was a perfect democrat. She hated all kids equally.

We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based.

You learned to accept, or you ended up in a small room writing letters home with Crayolas.

And then the world exploded.

Not everybody believes in ghosts, but I do. Do you know what they are, Trisha? She had shaken her head slowly. Men and women who can't get over their past . . . That's what ghosts are.

If there is love, smallpox scars are as pretty as dimples. - Japanese Proverb

Maybe that's why God made us kids first and built us close to the ground, because He knows you got to fall down a lot and bleed a lot before you learn that one simple lesson. You pay for what you get, you own what you pay for... and sooner or later whatever you own comes back home to you.