Quotes from Joe Sharkey

A man who couldn't tolerate small failings in himself was staggered by a big one.

You are poor to look upon. But inwardly you are full of wealth. You seem low, But you are exceedingly high. You are that which makes men live A divine life here below. Give to me, O highest Lord A generous share Of this heavenly happiness. And true peace, Which the world of the senses Is capable neither of understanding Nor receiving.

Jean said. "We were both Capricorns,

Every page, top to bottom, right to left, like an automatic scanner.

Resentment, anger, and fear all were gone. Only sadness remained. She gathered her collar against the wind and returned to her car in the waning light of the November day.

Helen was suffering from the early stages of cerebral atrophy, a degenerative shrinkage of the brain tissues that can be symptomatic of a variety of ills, including the viral infection that had caused her to be rushed home from Korea and led to full-blown syphilis. Alcohol and depressants such as tranquilizers only aggravate symptoms,

purchased merely for their entertainment value. I always regarded Wanda as an unsung heroine without whose "nosiness" (I myself think of it as "situational awareness") John List might have continued to evade justice for the rest of his wretched days. Wanda died in 1997 at the age of sixty-five.

A lie can go around the world twice before the truth gets its socks on.