. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . . - John Irving

No touching Baby Jesus.”
“But we’re his parents!” proclaimed Mary Beth, who was being generous to include poor Joseph under this appellation.
“Mary Beth,” Barb Wiggin said, “if you touch the Baby Jesus, I’m putting you in a cow costume.

I have learned that the consequences of our past actions are always interesting; I have learned to view the present with a forward-looking eye.

The more clearly one sees this world; the more one is obliged to pretend it does not exist.