They played until Christmas then called it a year.

We have to revitalize the town through revitalizing citizens' thinking. The whole idea behind these books is to make people aware of what the town used to be and what it could be. You have to know the past to move forward.

I let people write about whatever it is they wanted to remember about McDonald. It had to be their story. I didn't choose their subject.

A woman voting for divorce is like a turkey voting for Christmas.

Later that day I went back to the old turf-house door and drew back the ivy. There between the stones was the dried-out bird's nest that was no longer in use because its owner was on her foreign holidays. I eased my letter to Santa out of my pocket and tucked it into the nest. I considered this the ideal resting place because the owner and Santa both belonged to foreign places and came here across the sky. There was the mystery of the unknown about the worlds they both came from; they belonged in the sky and my letter was destined to join them there when the time was right.

The two most joyous times of the year are Christmas morning and the end of school.