“Tiff needed the words on the page to become the voice in her head, her own voice, or an approximation of it, and she needed the paper and the sound of the scratch of her chapped fingertips against it as… — Timothy Schaffert Copy Share Image
“We could endlessly reminisce, live in the past to an unhealthy degree, then politely kill each other some winter night before bedtime, stirring poison… — Timothy Schaffert Copy Share Image
“He took from his coat pocket a handful of wadded-up cash, as if children had paid him directly with their sweaty clutches of dollar… — Timothy Schaffert Copy Share Image
“You were young, I thought, not once but always before, always always, every day before the day just passed. You were young only minutes… — Timothy Schaffert Copy Share Image
“Even when not in the act of writing Muscatine a letter, I was often composing one in my mind, situating the words just so,… — Timothy Schaffert Copy Share Image
“I thought it such a shame that our culture had not devised a way to defang old age. A sophisticated civilization wouldn't ridicule senility,… — Timothy Schaffert Copy Share Image
“Kindness to your family costs you almost nothing but affords a wealth of goodwill.” — Timothy Schaffert Copy Share Image
“But they simply didn't know Sammy in the late hours, all his virulent bedtime prayers whispered away into his folded hands, releasing his worry… — Timothy Schaffert Copy Share Image
“...people feel they can be revealing around me, that they can unbutton their lips and let slip intimate facts ad trust that I have… — Timothy Schaffert Copy Share Image
“Desiree the child bride, and her sister Miranda, had gone grave-robbing for a wedding gown. In the north end of the cemetery, among the… — Timothy Schaffert Copy Share Image
“After we ate our heaping slice of humble pie, we asked the missus if she could at least serve it up a la mode… — Timothy Schaffert Copy Share Image
“A Lutheran church in Nebraska is typically a place where any mad passion for Christ is politely concealed. Men and women recite the various… — Timothy Schaffert Copy Share Image
“Tiff needed the words on the page to become the voice in her head, her own voice, or an approximation of it, and she… — Timothy Schaffert Copy Share Image
