Vanessa didn't like it, but I figured a cop wasn't going to stop for a kid waving his hat in the street, not that day. They just might stop if they saw Darryl bleeding there, though. I argued briefly with her and Darryl settled it by lurching to his feet and dragging himself down toward Market Street.
There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn't any good.
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
If the only prayer you ever say in your whole life is "thank you," that would suffice.
Neither did the cop car that went past, nor the firetruck, nor the next three cop-cars.
It's never just a game when you're winning.