Emma once told me that some people spend their whole lives trying to outrun God, maybe get someplace He’s never been. She shook her head and smiled, wondering why. Trouble is, she said, they spend a lifetime searching and running, and when they arrive, they find He’s already been there.

You rescued me when I thought nobody would. When I thought I wasn't worth the effort. You gave me everything and asked for nothing.'
She pressed her face to mine.
'If this is love on the other side of the rescue, then I want to live it. With you. But,'
She shook her head.
'But if you give you to me, then'-
she placed her palm flat across my chest
-'come heavy

He thinks the sun comes up just to hear him crow.

You would create bad blood between City Council and the School Board.

I don't know if I buy that.

It doesn't matter how good or how bad they are, they gonna stay there. The houses are not much to start with, but it's all they got. And they're proud of it, and rightly so. And we just do the best we can.