Ronni Picking

“—Tengo muy buen tino y muy mal carácter, capitán, El próximo tiro es para usted y le aseguro que puedo dispararle antes de que me maten, así es que mejor nos vamos respetando, porque si nos morimos, yo no le voy a hacer falta a nadie, pero de seguro la nación sí sentiría mucho su pérdida, ¿o no es así? Realmente”
― Laura Esquivel, Como agua para chocolate

“In the United States we spend $40,000 a year to incarcerate each prison inmate and $8,000 to educate each elementary school student.”
― John Grisham, The Racketeer

“Some people say
Rhyming is but a sin.
Little sins are fun
So try, before you bin.”
― Max Nowaz, Timbi's Dream

“Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures before we turn again to the stern task and the formidable years that lie before us, resolved that, by our sacrifice and daring, these same children shall not be robbed of their inheritance or denied their right to live in a free and decent world." Winston Churchill Christmas Eve Message, 1941 as printed in "In the Dark Streets Shineth.”
― David McCullough, In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story