With the way the world is now, we all have to think about things beyond our lifetime. Beyond our children’s lifetime, in fact. It’s our right. It’s our duty, my good friend told me.
Will paint in pleasing colors. How do you know which colors to use? I asked. There are instructions for each item on your workstation.
Surprised about it. The case presents no unsettled question of law that requires our intervention. Need I say more? He threw up his hands. In your opinion? A tinge of red eased across Ramsey’s face. I...
She glimpsed an aging man who had just lost everything and had no idea what he was supposed to be doing with the time he had left to live.
Presidents had to make
Know, it’s harder to get back in shape than it is to stay in shape.
Crossed her arms and stared back at him. I really don’t have to tell you anything. No, you really don’t. He pointed to the cops and detectives. But those guys you do. And I’d have a better story prepa...
Become
You’re lying to me, aren’t you? Pretty much, yeah. Thanks for being honest about your dishonesty.
You can’t live someone else’s life for them. Hell, it’s hard enough living your own.
You ask me that question two, three years ago I’d say yeah, damn straight you will. Yes sir. He looked out at the crush of people. You ask me today, I say I don’t know. I don’t care what court you’re...
Why was it he was more comfortable with the dead than the living? The answer was relatively simple. The dead conveniently never asked questions.
While it was true that the president of the United States was the world’s ultimate juggler of tasks, it was also a fact that the First Lady, traditionally, was no slouch in that department either.
When I hugged you for the burgers. Susan Reynolds isn’t the only one good at sleight of hand. Puller
What happened to you as a child, particularly something bad, changed you, absolutely and completely. It was like part of your brain became closed off and refused to mature any further. As an adult you...
Well, the homes directly across the street are empty because of foreclosures. And it’s a working-class neighborhood. There might not have been many people at the other homes at that time of the mornin...
Well, nobody wants to be alone, especially around Christmas. I’m sure you know that most suicides happen around the holidays. Besides, this isn’t a train this time of year. It’s a social club of stran...
Well, honey, I’m a sixty-three-year-old fat woman with sore feet, high blood pressure, and the beginnings of diabetes. I know I don’t have all that much time left, and I can either spend it moping and...
We build walls because we are afraid. We do not like change. We do not like it when others who do not look or think like us come along and try and change things. Thus we run from it. Or, even worse, a...
To Kyf Brewer and Orlagh Cassidy, for your amazing audio performances.