Reckoning Hour Quotes

“I had an interesting morning as well.” “What happened?” “I surprised our regular delivery guy by showing up at the door naked.” I lined up my drive again. “I don’t know which shocked him more—my naked body or the fact I knew where he lived.”
― Peter O'Mahoney, Reckoning Hour

“You know, I’ve had a good morning,” he said. “My wife apologized to me for the first time ever.” “Is that right?” “Yeah, she said she was sorry she ever met me, but I’m taking it as an apology.”
― Peter O'Mahoney, Reckoning Hour

“Granddad Lincoln smiled. “You can’t hate the Freeman family.” “Really?” I was perplexed by the statement. “Why not?” “What you wish for others, you’ll find in yourself.” Granddad Lincoln stared out to the water. “If you wish hate for others, you’ll find it within yourself. If you wish pain for others, you’ll find that. But if you wish love, joy, and happiness, then you’ll find that in your heart.” “How can you wish happiness for them?” “Because I’m old enough to know how to direct my anger.” He smiled. “I’d snap his neck if he stood next to me, but I’d hope he was happy while I did it.”
― Peter O'Mahoney, Reckoning Hour

“Fishing was one of the best pastimes in South Carolina. It was like golf—the purpose of the activity wasn’t to be the best, it wasn’t to outperform everyone else; it was to enjoy the moment, to disappear into the calmness, to let it all go, and just be.”
― Peter O'Mahoney, Reckoning Hour

“becoming woke up there.” “Being woke is about awareness of social issues, especially in relation to inequality and discrimination.”
― Peter O'Mahoney, Reckoning Hour

“He said, ‘Don’t forget where we are.’ That’s as clear a threat as any in these parts.” Bruce shook his head. “And I don’t take kindly to threats.”
― Peter O'Mahoney, Reckoning Hour

“If you wish hate for others, you’ll find it within yourself. If you wish pain for others, you’ll find that. But if you wish love, joy, and happiness, then you’ll find that in your heart.”
― Peter O'Mahoney, Reckoning Hour

“was one of the best pastimes in South Carolina. It was like golf—the purpose of the activity wasn’t to be the best, it wasn’t to outperform everyone else; it was to enjoy the moment, to disappear into the calmness, to let it all go, and just be. I still”
― Peter O'Mahoney, Reckoning Hour

“When you’re in the midst of it, living can seem ordinary and plain and every day. It can seem nothing worthwhile, passing moments to be forgotten. Through the lens of time, looking back at those moments gives them meaning and worth. The ordinary becomes extraordinary, the plain things become the memories you hold on to the most. The long conversations about nothing, the smile during a game of cards, the jokes and the pranks. The moments that meant nothing mean everything during the long stages of grief.”
― Peter O'Mahoney, Reckoning Hour

“Grief is a monster of an emotion. It scratches and it aches, and it bleeds and it yearns. It steals your sleep, and it taunts you in the morning. It follows you to work. It’s there when you eat lunch, and it’s there when you drive home. You begin to make accommodations for it—you allow yourself five minutes to wallow in it, to accept it, to let the emotions wash over you. Then, you need to move on. You need to continue. You need to keep putting one foot in front of the other and convince yourself the memories were joys, were blessings, were moments that shaped you. And over time, it eases. It softens into the background but never leaves. It becomes a part”
― Peter O'Mahoney, Reckoning Hour

“The world is a lot harsher than that—it treats the winners well, and it treats the losers poorly. All the poor people of the world, it’s their own fault they’re in that situation. They’re poor because they didn’t try hard enough. They’re the losers of the world. So, in the game of life, which are you, Dean Lincoln—a winner, or a loser?” “I don’t play your game, Stephen Freeman.” “You stay in Beaufort County long enough, and you’ll need to play my game.”
― Peter O'Mahoney, Reckoning Hour

“Good lawyers mattered to outcomes in the system. And since most Americans who faced the criminal justice system were poor, almost four out of five relied on overworked and underfunded public defenders or court-appointed lawyers.”
― Peter O'Mahoney, Reckoning Hour

“Grief is a monster of an emotion. It scratches and it aches, and it bleeds and it yearns. It steals your sleep, and it taunts you in the morning. It follows you to work. It’s there when you eat lunch, and it’s there when you drive home. You begin to make accommodations for it—you allow yourself five minutes to wallow in it, to accept it, to let the emotions wash over you. Then, you need to move on. You need to continue. You need to keep putting one foot in front of the other and convince yourself the memories were joys, were blessings, were moments that shaped you. And over time, it eases. It softens into the background but never leaves. It becomes a part of who you are, always there, always present, lingering, ready to pounce when you least expect it.”
― Peter O'Mahoney, Reckoning Hour

“together. “We all do.” Grief is a monster of an emotion. It scratches and it aches, and it bleeds and it yearns. It steals your sleep, and it taunts you in the morning. It follows you to work. It’s there when you eat lunch, and it’s there when you drive home. You begin to make accommodations for it—you allow yourself five minutes to wallow in it, to accept it, to let the emotions wash over you. Then, you need to move on. You need to continue. You need to keep putting one foot in front of the other and convince yourself the memories were joys, were blessings, were moments that shaped you. And over time, it eases. It softens into the background but never leaves. It becomes a part of who you are, always there, always present, lingering, ready to pounce when you least expect it.”
― Peter O'Mahoney, Reckoning Hour