“Over the years, I have developed a visceral reaction to families and victims expressing surprise at tragedy. Why are we surprised? Why… — Michael Perry Bad thing Copy Share Image
“In specific moments of ground-level clarity, I recognize the dumbing down of the nation for what it is: an act of charity… — Michael Perry Generosity Copy Share Image
“Inevitably, our children come to see us as we are. Not as we wish we were, or even as we should be.” — Michael Perry Children Copy Share Image
“... Tom got to rattling off the pranks he and his school boy buddies pulled ... and what I saw wasn't an… — Michael Perry Old man Copy Share Image
“Alice once told me artistry does not reside in motivation but rather stems from showing up, with the intent to be honest.… — Michael Perry Motivation Copy Share Image
“Sleeping in the same bed with someone to whom you can admit your failings is a lasting comfort indeed. This is not… — Michael Perry Failure Copy Share Image
“The amateur study of philosophy is like taking a few laps with a NASCAR driver. You’re not qualified to do it on… — Michael Perry Education Copy Share Image
“If you had gone around the table last night ticking off the Ten Commandments and asking for a show of hands to… — Michael Perry Last night Copy Share Image
“Mom is a compulsive reader. She reads for pleasure, she reads to edify herself, but more often than not, she reads because… — Michael Perry Books Copy Share Image
“I understand that what you're doing when you call 911--it sounds so perfunctory--is announcing to strangers that you are losing the battle.… — Michael Perry Firefighters Copy Share Image
“The pesto and angel hair are warm in the bowl on my lap, the fragrances of olive oil and basil blending the… — Michael Perry Live forever Copy Share Image
“It’s hard to talk about guns without sounding defensive or blustery. I’m pro-gun the same way I’m pro-potato fork. I use them… — Michael Perry Truck-a-love-story Copy Share Image
“Her eyes are wide and steady beneath the brim of her floppy cap. How far out of infancy do we lose this… — Michael Perry Babies Copy Share Image
“Memory is a means of possession, but eventually, the greatest grace is found in letting go. _Population: 485_, p 178.” — Michael Perry Grace Copy Share Image
“I am content in bachelor life, but at moments like this, I admit to old-fashioned sexist longing. Sometimes I cook up comfort… — Michael Perry Comfort food Copy Share Image
“We plunge into love with a naivete that ignores all prior humiliations. Thank goodness, I guess. Because we never learn, we reach… — Michael Perry Love Copy Share Image
“Grievance is a sullen little boat, blown in the creepy breeze of ridiculous sighs.” — Michael Perry Copy Share Image
“It (a singer's voice) sounds as if it was aged in a whiskey cask, cured in an Ozarks smokehouse, dropped down a… — Michael Perry Wordsmith Copy Share Image
“I am a stranger in a strange town, and the man standing beside me has just removed his pants. There are mitigating… — Michael Perry Registered Nurse Copy Share Image
“We were the church. As the New Testament instructed. When it was time for Sunday morning meeting, we convened in private homes.… — Michael Perry Inspirational Copy Share Image
“Part of the blame lies with intellectuals who are unable or unwilling to convey their ideas in terms that will play down… — Michael Perry Intellectualism Copy Share Image
“Seed catalogs are responsible for more unfulfilled fantasies than Enron and Playboy combined.” — Michael Perry Copy Share Image
“Imagine the wizened quality of a life blanched of contradiction and double standard. p 44” — Michael Perry Double standard Copy Share Image
“It is the blessing of dumb work done close to the earth-one gritty minute at a time, we move forward.” — Michael Perry Grief Copy Share Image
