The car skidded to a stop just in front of me, and I jumped back and lost my balance and ended up on the road.
The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one.
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.
The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time.
Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.
Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.