“Treat your family like guests and your guests like family.”

“Books enveloped the room floor to ceiling like wallpaper.”

“God designed each one of us for His purpose-and God doesn't make junk.”

“I'd hate to be a balding man named Harry Harrison.”

“God did not call the qualified to serve Him: instead He qualified the called.”

“When a family breaks you don't hear the crack of the breaking. You don't hear a sound.”

“Faith seems to grab people and not let go, but hope is a double-crosser. It can beat it on you anytime; it's your job to dig in your heels and hang on. Must be nice to have hope in your pocket, like loose change you could jingle through your fingers.”