Sid stood up and told the congregation about Bob and Jackie's visit to [him] and his wife, Alice, the night before they left and how excited and anxious they were to go and how tragic events were after they left.

Charlie just didn't go out and put the program together and then come and visit, he's visible every night. I don't see him miss too many nights, except if there's a team function. He takes 200 kids off the streets, puts them with young men who volunteer and teaches them more than basketball - he teaches them respect.

I always tell my buyers to visit a neighborhood at all times, day or night.

Mother considered a press conference on a par with a visit to a cage of cobras.

More than 1,000 adults and countless children visit the show annually. We always joke that a lot of kids come to this show and some of them even bring children.

Night falls. Or has fallen. Why is it that night falls, instead of rising, like the dawn? Yet if you look east, at sunset, you can see night rising, not falling; darkness lifting into the sky, up from the horizon, like a black sun behind cloud cover. Like smoke from an unseen fire, a line of fire just below the horizon, brushfire or a burning city. Maybe night falls because it’s heavy, a thick curtain pulled up over the eyes. Wool blanket.