I love him, I said, but even to my own ears I didn't sound happy about it.
Whatever we have in the glory of man is "away". Those are just not enough before we go "home" to the glory of God.
Tomorrow, smile at a perfect stranger and mean it.
There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin.
It's really kind of cool to have solar panels on your roof.
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
Every corner and room of a house will carry memories, make these the most pleasurable times you shared with your family.
My father, [was] a mid-level phonecompany manager who treated my mother at best like an incompetent employee. At worst? He never beat her, but his pure, inarticulate fury would fill the house for days...
The problem with a philosophy or a belief is that you soon start changing the facts to fit it.
His room was a sickly dual-tone of crimson and charcoal, like an Untitled Rothko, the colours bleeding into each other horribly and then rather serenely. The overall effect was overwhelmingly unapolog...
A good character is not only about the good person people know you to be. Your ability to tell the truth about how bad you had been is also a good character.