“Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse.”

“Those who have witnessed executions say there is no sound worse than the weeping of mother watching her son being put to death. They're wrong. There is one sound that is worse. There is silence.”

“The sound of his rough voice was…comforting, like there was safety wherever he was. Well, some safety…he certainly had an awful lot of sneaky tricks up his sleeve.”

“I could be worse, you know.""How?" I asked, teasing. "I mean, I have a work of calligraphy over my toilet that reads, 'Bathe yourself in the comfort of God's words,' Hazel. I could be way worse.""Sounds unsanitary," I said.”

“We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.”

“We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harm.”