All my days I have longed equally to travel the right road and to take my own errant path.

I was sent to a school because my father was already aware that his days were numbered, and he was anxious for me to acquire a good education and follow in his footsteps.

No doing without some ruing.

And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and the moon and the stars, and the earth with its forests and mountains and oceans--and all that lives and move upon them. He has given us all green things and everything that blossoms and bears fruit and all that we quarrel about and all that we have misused--and to save us from our foolishness, from all our sins, He came down to earth and gave us Himself.

I rolled myself up into a tight ball of resistance and it was thus that I went through my school years.

Every time I come home, it is the same great pleasure to lie down in my bed. That's when I think, 'home sweet home.'