“Things I Used to Get Hit For: Talking back. Being smart. Acting stupid. Not listening. Not answering the first time. Not doing what I’m told. Not doing it the second time I’m told. Running, jumping, yelling, laughing, falling down, skipping… — Bob Thurber Copy Share Image
“Over the years our mother has beaten us with belts, shoes, rulers, extension cords, hair brushes, a wooden spoon, a fly swatter, a toilet brush, wire coat hangers, wooden coat hangers and sometimes one of our own toys. When you… — Bob Thurber Copy Share Image
“Time heals nothing. Wounds fester and ooze. Life drags you by a rope over rocks and stones and one day you look up, look… — Bob Thurber Copy Share Image
“Memory in the mind of man can adapt to the worst conditions. I'll give you an example, an analogy of sorts: Each night I… — Bob Thurber Copy Share Image
“I've already got the storm figured out. Some idiot blew up the sun. Some dumb Russian general pushed the wrong button and launched one… — Bob Thurber Copy Share Image
“Things I Used to Get Hit For: Talking back. Being smart. Acting stupid. Not listening. Not answering the first time. Not doing what I’m… — Bob Thurber Copy Share Image
“Despite an icy northeast wind huffing across the bay I sneak out after dark, after my mother falls asleep clutching her leather Bible, and… — Bob Thurber Copy Share Image
“Why the long face? Something happen?" "Nothing except my grandmother is still dead and my aunt moved to Sacramento and my sister just got… — Bob Thurber Copy Share Image
“Throughout my entire miserable childhood I woke at least once a night weeping from overwhelming delight. I did it hungry, I did it after… — Bob Thurber Copy Share Image
“A new day always forgives you, unless it's raining and you wake up in jail.” — Bob Thurber Copy Share Image
“Meanwhile, I work the route. I don’t quit, I don’t complain. Each day I learn more than I earn. Things are going to get… — Bob Thurber Copy Share Image
“The first thing I check once I’m inside a story is the emotional weather. Is there a storm coming? What’s the temperature, and how… — Bob Thurber Copy Share Image
“Over the years our mother has beaten us with belts, shoes, rulers, extension cords, hair brushes, a wooden spoon, a fly swatter, a toilet… — Bob Thurber Copy Share Image
“People like to make up stories about things they don’t understand, so there are over a thousand myths about the moon. One legend claims… — Bob Thurber Copy Share Image
