Taken out of context and given a forty-degree twist, you can use the Bible to justify almost anything.
Suicide is something that hangs around forever, dropping load after load of guilt on the living.
She had responded to a random act of violence with a random act of kindness. She had returned good for evil. Somehow that was as it should be.
Screwed up and incomprehensible as it may seem to a rank outsider, making a movie is a lot like living life. You work with little bits and pieces without ever getting a look at the big picture. It com...
It’s tough going to bed with a stranger. There’s nothing much to talk about the next morning when you wake up.
I looked at them with the kind of curiosity one reserves for snakes in a zoo.
Suspected that God would probably come across with a hell of a lot more Christian charity than either one of Jonathan Thomas’s pious parents could muster.
Now, Ali said. I won’t be able to talk to her about any of this until after school is over for the day. Don’t, Stu advised. Let me get a little better handle on what’s going on before you discuss it w...
My cross to bear in life, to always want to help, but to never quite measure up, never be there quite on time to do any good, always to miss the mark.
Main gate of Fort Huachuca. I turned
Have kids of your own, Butch warned her. Desi will be over
Asked. What’s wrong?
A helicopter was circling overhead, blowing clouds of dust everywhere. She was
You’re sure good at that. I never have been able to work crossword puzzles. I’m good at it, Wanda, because my mind is brimming over with useless facts and information.
Why do they do that? People are in hospitals for a reason—to get better from an illness or to recover from surgery. If patients are sleeping peacefully, why wake them up to see if they’re all right? W...
There are very good reasons why neither doctors nor detectives should work on cases too close to home. It warps perspective.
The old guy had to be eighty if he was a day. I’m Athena,
That’s the wonderful thing about telling the truth. People believe what they want to believe. It’s a hell of a lot simpler than lying. There isn’t the ever-present danger of getting caught.
Sunday Meat Loaf 2.5 pounds ground chuck 1 cup oats 4.5-ounce can chopped green chilies ½ cup milk ½ cup minced onion 2 eggs* 2 teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons chili powder About 2 hours before serving, p...
Said with enough fervor, the word unbelievable can convey two diametrically opposed opinions. Something can be either unbelievably good or unbelievably bad, depending on your point of view.