Wayfaring Stranger (Holland Family Saga, #1)

by James Lee Burke

speculation on the nature of creation is a luxury reserved for scholars. The rest of us have to deal with one another and ferret our way through the snares and pitfalls that we create for our fellow man.

We’re wayfaring strangers. We’re born alone, we die alone.”

The wrong people always worry. The people who are the real problem never worry about anything.”

“When people make mistakes, there’s usually a reason for it. These pork chops are something else.” She knew at that moment that Hershel Pine was probably the best human being she’d ever known.

If you get your ticket ripped in half, you do it in hot blood, and you do not go gently into that good night.