He’d do what he always did, find the sweet among the bitter.
The library is like a candy store where everything is free.
As you play this record, I hope you’ll think of the good, not the bad. Of what was, not what wasn’t meant to be. Of the time we spent together, not the time we’ve spent apart. Most of all I hop you’ll think of me…
The last time someone had laid out a suit and a pair of dress shoes with a ticket purchased for a faraway place, Henry had refused to go.This time, Henry refused to stay.
You don’t have to, Henry. In here, I think my dream is big enough for the both of us.
He was awed at her touch and what the human heart is capable of feeling – such sadness, such shame, but such acceptance such joy, all at the same time.
He’d learned long ago: perfection isn’t what families are all about.
Talking to strangers sounded like talking to no one, which Henry had some firsthand experience in- in real life. It was lonely. Almost as lonely as Lake View Cemetery, where he’d buried Ethel.
I had my chance.’ He said it, retiring from a lifetime of wanting. ‘I had my chance, and sometimes in life, there are no second chances. You look at what you have, not what you miss, and you move forward.
Some things just can’t be put back together. Some things can never be fixed. Two broken pieces can’t make a lot of anything anymore. But at least he had the broken pieces.
The hardest choices in life aren’t between what’s right and what’s wrong but between what’s right and what’s best.
Home is a fairy tale, the kind where children are lost in the woods, found, cooked and eaten.
Somehow life had become a story problem, and William was horrible at math.
She’d never felt more alone, even as hundreds of people walked by. No one recognized her, and she began to treasure her anonymity as a gift.
Loyalty. We’re still loyal to the United States of America. Why? Because we too are Americans. We don’t agree, but we will show our loyalty by our obedience.