Quotes from Lorena McCourtney

God is in the forgiveness business. You don't have to get your life all straightened up before you talk to him.

I wrapped my hands around the familiar cup and tried to draw strength from it. It was from Thea's old Moss Rose set, remnant of careful scrimping and saving in her first year of marriage. Yet the mellow old cup now brought me no comfort, only a feeling of helplessness, of time slipping away. Sunday-best dishes gone to everyday and now to mismatched pieces. Like Thea and me

Going to Sunday School and church isn't going to get you into eternal life with the Lord. And not going won't keep you out. An eternal life with the Lord isn't something you can earn. It's our acceptance of Jesus as Savior.

Me, I got patted down! I felt rather flattered that he thought I could have an AK-47 concealed in my pants leg or a bomb strapped to my Wal-Mart bra.

Food court at the mall, 11:30 tomorrow. Order something expensive.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day,' and this is one of the times I'm right.

No. No Jeremiah Thompson. No great-uncles of any variety. No grandmother in Texas who left me an inheritance. There's probably a Texas, but if this guy is saying it, I wouldn't be too sure of even that." "I

dog knew what the words meant.

do it later. Guilt still gnawed on

that a pink flamingo yard ornament deserved demolishing by any available means. A comment left unsaid, of course. Thea's face had paled to

over her pink flamingo yard ornament." My private opinion was that a pink flamingo yard ornament deserved demolishing by any available means. A comment left unsaid, of course. Thea's face

Perhaps eccentricity is an area I haven't explored sufficiently.

be home for quite a while yet.

At one time, Madison Street had been quietly residential, curving gently to a rural road below, but the city had reached out like a hungry blob of protoplasm and engulfed us.

Just remember, being young is nice, but being old is comfortable.

It was beginning to feel as if I knew more people residing in cemeteries than in houses these days, and I left feeling a little glum myself.