I Do Have A Really Good Memory.

Even The Best Of Us Are At Least Part-time Bastards.

When People Suffer, Their Relationships Usually Suffer As Well. Period. And We All Suffer Because, As The Buddha Says, That's The Nature Of Being Human And Wanting Stuff We Don't Always Get.

Having A Great Dad Probably Permitted Me To Pal Around With Guys In A Way That Some Women Don't.

I'm Bred For Farm Work, And For Such Folk, The Only A's You Get Come From Effort. Strife And Strain Are All The World Can Offer, And They Temper You Into Something Unbreakable Because Lord Knows They'll Try -- Without Let Up -- To Break You.

In My Godless Household, Poems Were The Closest We Came To Sacred Speech -- The Only Prayers Said.