“ We talk about how he and Leanne are doing knowing full well there is no sufficient answer.p 294 Michael Perry
“ It is the blessing of dumb work done close to the earth-one gritty minute at a time, we move forward. Michael Perry
“ Imagine the wizened quality of a life blanched of contradiction and double standard.p 44 Michael Perry
“ But the sky...cumulonimbus clouds are stacked and banked to the stratosphere, and the lowering sun has bronzed and brassed and blushed them. these are clouds to make you long for wings. These are clou… Michael Perry
“ Mom is a compulsive reader. She reads for pleasure, she reads to edify herself, but more often than not, she reads because she can't help it. I understand. The minute I find myself sitting still, I st… Michael Perry
“ Over the years, I have developed a visceral reaction to families and victims expressing surprise at tragedy. Why are we surprised? Why do we forget we are mortal? Bad, bad things happen everywhere, ev… Michael Perry
“ [Fire] is lightfooted and shamanic, dancing between the visible and invisible, undoing matter one collapsed molecule at a time, wreaking utter destruction with a touch softer than breath. Its poor cou… Michael Perry
“ I stand beside Tom's barn and ponder the benign heedlessness of the people in the speeding cars, and here I am in the speeding car. In my heart I wish the bypass had never been built; in my car I neve… Michael Perry
