Quotes About Community

no one in Brady had seemed even remotely aware that the world was teetering on the brink of a catastrophic depression. Perhaps the mountains kept the place isolated and secure. Or perhaps life there had been depressed for so long another crash wouldn't matter.

Over its twenty-three-plus years, the bookstore had become the center of downtown Santa Rosa.

James Lindsey, age fifty-three, married; occupation—none; address—a rural road out from the remote settlement of Box Hill, almost to Tyler County. His questionnaire said he was a Baptist. He had volunteered nothing during the morning session, and no one seemed to know anything about him. Neither John Wilbanks nor Miles Truitt wanted to waste a challenge, so James Lindsey became the first juror selected for the trial.

a Caucasian over the age of fifty. The younger people went to integrated schools and tend to be more tolerant on race, and obviously we are

The contrast was startling: the beauty of the ridges against the poverty of the people who lived between them. There were some pretty homes with neat lawns and white picket fences, but the neighbors were usually not as prosperous.

With a Vietnamese massage parlor to its left and a lawn mower repair shop to its right

place to play, and then build the clubhouse

algo, los demandantes, sus abogados y todo el pueblo de Bowmore se harán ilusiones y ¿qué ocurriría luego si las negociaciones no llegaran a ninguna parte?

His book, The Dreams of Ada, was published by Viking in April 1987 and was greatly anticipated by the town.

Take any form of growth, from high-end gated communities to low-end shopping centers, fix up a slick brochure filled with half-truths, label it "economic development" with the promise of tax revenue and jobs, and elected officials reached for their rubber stamps.

On one wall he'd tacked a large Twins poster with this season's schedule. To his knowledge, he was the only Twins fan in town. Minnesota was a thousand miles away and Theo had never been there. He pulled for the team because no one else in Strattenburg did so. He felt it only fair that they have at least one fan in town.

Most of us have moved away. Sure, we take the checks because it's our land, but the casino has destroyed the soul of our people. I know nothing about it. I despise the place and the people who run it.

I'm thinking about public interest law." "What the hell is that?" "It's when you work for the good of society without making a lot of money.

Twelve white men. Four Baptists; two Methodists; two Pentecostals; one Presbyterian; one Church of Christ. And two who claimed no church membership and were likely headed straight to hell.

Because it's Appalachia. The coal companies are destroying our mountains, towns, culture, and lives, and it's not a story.

Wait, how did she know I would be with you?" "It's a small town, Samantha.

He had been baptized in that church when he was ten years old; Stella at nine. The family had faithfully attended the weekly services, the fall and spring revivals, the cookouts, potluck suppers, funerals, weddings, and an endless schedule of social events because for them, and for many in their town, the church was the center of society.

Tee Ray met a crack runner called Tox.

Everybody wanted a better life away from the streets and drugs and violence and hopelessness.

Dexter's wife, Jackie, was alone in the parsonage on the other side of the church

into a single Protestant community. He had little room for an independent Scotland

The entire congregation joined in, most of them doubtless relieved that their long ordeal of sitting still

We be both of one blood, of one country and in one island.

as a rule the highlanders and lowlanders had a tacit agreement to ignore one another.