“Stephanie took another puff from her candy cigarette, reached into her purse, brought out the rest of the pack, and said, "Want one of these damned cigarettes?” — K. Martin Beckner Copy Share Image
“I could just hear my mom now, "You know those old candy cigarettes are bad for you. Next thing you know, you'll be drinking alcohol, and they'll find you dead in a ditch somewhere. I'll never be able to show… — K. Martin Beckner Copy Share Image
“Like a car that's old enough to be old but not old enough to be a classic, it would be years before people would… — K. Martin Beckner Copy Share
“Anyway," continued Mr. Miller, "when I was a kid, people used to sit under the stars at night and look up into the sky… — K. Martin Beckner Copy Share
“I've tucked those negative thoughts in a drawer, and for the most part, though I know the drawer still exists, it never gets opened.” — K. Martin Beckner Copy Share
“I want you to learn that if you don't keep picking at old wounds, over time they will eventually heal. Oh sure, sometimes they… — K. Martin Beckner Copy Share
“Stephanie took another puff from her candy cigarette, reached into her purse, brought out the rest of the pack, and said, "Want one of… — K. Martin Beckner Copy Share
“don’t think he ever did feel right living on this earth without Sarah. Now he can be with Sarah in Heaven forever and ever.… — K. Martin Beckner Copy Share
“I guess we're all composed of a lot of mistakes; we just have to figure out how to take our mistakes and make something… — K. Martin Beckner Copy Share
“Sometimes you may think you're doing the right thing, but it turns out to be the wrong thing. And you just have to live… — K. Martin Beckner Copy Share
“Initially they waited with hope, but as each hour passed, hope slipped away like the wind, the wind that as a small boy Ethan… — K. Martin Beckner Copy Share
“I feel better now that we decided not to worry. I think most people spend too much time worrying about stuff that never happens.” — K. Martin Beckner Copy Share
“There aren't many kids today as good as you are. Kids today are selfish; they don't think of others. They're too busy listening to… — K. Martin Beckner Copy Share
“I felt a pang of guilt at these words. I knew that it would probably be a long time before he got to go… — K. Martin Beckner Copy Share
“I wanted to go in and tell them that, but George thought it would just be stirring up some trouble, you know, stirring up… — K. Martin Beckner Copy Share
“I've left behind so many unfinished quilts in my life, beautiful pieces of dreams and intentions never fully assembled.” — K. Martin Beckner Copy Share
“Life’s journey does not take place down an easy roadway, as some might imagine. It takes place inside a giant house with a million… — K. Martin Beckner Copy Share
