ABOYNE (vb.)To beat an expert at a game of skill by playing so appallingly that none of his clever tactics or strategies are of any use to him.
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...
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Kids are absolutely starved for positive adult contact.
If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.
Angry is always hungry to cook guilty.
Do not be afraid of what should be afraid of you
Before you call yourself a Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or any other theology, learn to be human first.
There are times when solitude is better than society, and silence is wiser than speech. We should be better Christians if we were more alone, waiting upon God, and gathering through meditation on His...
Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.
It was an emergency!" Seth blurted. "Read my lips - emergency reading - not some demented idea of fun. If I was starving, I would eat asparagus. If somebody held a gun to my head, I would watch a soap...