“My son called to me that God was inside his red fire engine. He wanted to show me. I did move as fast as I could, spilling like water through the kitchen door into a summer day, but God had left by the time I got there. My son smiled, told me I'd missed him by seconds.” ShowsWantedMovingLeftWaterFireDoorsSonSummerRedKitchenMy SonSecondsEnginesShow MeSummer DaysSpilling Book:Willow Room, Green Door: New and Selected Poems Source: Willow Room, Green Door: New and Selected Poems
“So when I open the door on Halloween, I am confronted by three or four imaginary heroes, such as G.I. Joe, Conan the Barbarian and Oliver North, who would look very terrifying except that they are three feet tall and facing in random directions. They stand there silently for several seconds before an adult voice hisses from the darkness behind them: "Say 'Trick or treat!” LooksThreeVoiceBehindsDarknessFourDoorsFeetHeroAdultsTreatsTricksTallSecondsImaginaryHalloweenBarbariansConanTrick Or Treat Book:The World According to Dave Barry Source: The World According to Dave Barry
“I think the main reason for staying positive is because if I walk out this door and get hit by a car and I have 10 seconds to live, in those 10 seconds, am I gonna sit there and regret being having been negative and bored my whole life?” IfsThinkingReasonWholeWalksDoorsCarRegretNegativeWhole LifeBoredStayingSecondsStay Positive Author:John Newman