And she laughed, a full octave, descending from high C like chimes.
Wide is the gate and broad is the path that leads to destruction and many go that way
The poor you will always have with you,' Jesus said. A warning, Emilio wondered, or an indictment?
Ringo's chuckle got tangled up with a cough. He tossed back a shot, cleared his throat, and said, Politics, from the Latin. , meaning 'many.' meaning 'bloodsucking little bastards.
Our physicists have confirmed the practicality of using an altered asteroid for transport,
My experience is that many things are not as bad as I thought they would be.
Deus vult, mes amis, Marc Robichaux called cheerfully from the galley. God likes it that way.
And Johannes Voelker is the last man on Earth I’d choose as a spiritual director for Sandoz, he thought. Shit or get off the pot, my son.
The past was not dead but alive, and important by virtue of the very invisibility of its influence.
Until you get the measure of your own soul, Jim, don't be quick to condemn a priest, or anyone else for that matter. I'm not scolding you, sweetheart, she said hurriedly. It's just that, until you've...
Listen', he said seriously, 'I'm not just wasting your time telling funny stories. You have to know about stuff like this or your program is going to claim it's found intelligent life on Mars. And eve...
I honestly don’t know if the world would be better or worse if we all held ourselves to the vows of our youth.
Her life had been blessedly unburdened by happiness. When some period of fleeting contentment ended, Sofia Mendes did not register it as outrageous, but merely noted a return to life’s normal conditio...
Dachshunds have their own agenda and can be stubborn about seeing their plans through to completion. What Rosie lacked in consistency, she made up for in enthusiasm. Most of the time when I called her...
Bein' born is craps. How we live is . Mamma played a bad hand well.
She was, after all, a practical woman and the daughter of an economist.
Privileged to share in the athletic power of a large and dangerous animal willing to be controlled by the small, frail strength of a mere human being.
Out whose side they were on. Even Fat
You know what’s the most terrifying thing about admitting that you’re in love? she asked him. You are just naked. You put yourself in harm’s way and you lay down all your defenses. No clothes, no weap...
You ever hear that old joke about the guy who jumped off the Empire State Building? D.W. asked her. Yeah. All the way down, you could hear him say, ‘So far, so good. So far, so good. So far, so good.’...