“Some people use their own hurt as an excuse for hurting others, or for soaking in self-pity, or for a sharp anger that knifes up through the surface whenever something reminds them of what happened long ago.” — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
The number of poor, and poorly prepared, students who succeed in college and beyond undercuts the simplistic notion that economic or educational disadvantage is… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
The past shouts at you, the ugly words or actions echo down across the years. — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
“All-American and proud of it. Too rich and soft and flawed to make any spiritual mark on anyone other than my own dog and… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
“I thought I heard a cow mooing in Seese's back yard. Later on, later down the road, as they say, I would learn that… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
“There are some kinds of sorrow that words can never reach, certain kinds of things you can never hold in the box of your… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
“You keep telling yourself it will be different. Year after year, time after time, you keep telling yourself things might change. It's what makes… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
“...if we somehow find the courage to go directly into the discomfort - even the discomfort of illness, pain, old age, and death -… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
“some point you had to risk the ridicule of the mob, of your own internalized voices, and try to see clearly what had been… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
“Simply by being your absolute, most genuine self in every interaction of every hour, you provide a great and rare service on this earth.” — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
“You ask a certain question again and again, in a sincere fashion, and the answer appears. But, in my experience, at least, that answer… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
“I’m not great at talking to people. I have all these thoughts bunching up inside my head and then they come out like a… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
I felt I was drawing close to that age, that place in life, where you realize one day what you'd told yourself was a… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
“Some people use their own hurt as an excuse for hurting others, or for soaking in self-pity, or for a sharp anger that knifes… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
“There was a small glass vase between us, three gladioli in a few ounces of water. One of the gladioli had dropped a petal-… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
