Kenyatta Eckert

“when I was angry at God because I couldn’t go to my son, hold him, and comfort him, God’s son was holding my son in his lap.”
― Todd Burpo, Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back

“I'd swear to God, if I were a piano player or an actor or something and all those dopes thought I was terrific, I'd hate it. I wouldn't even want them to clap for me. People always clap for the wrong things. If I were a piano player, I'd play it in the goddam closet.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings.”
― Irving Stone, Lust for Life

“I'd like to say I found a sublime beauty in it all, but I didn't. And yet. And yet, this life we'd built filled our car”
― Dennis Lehane, Moonlight Mile