Patty

“What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.”
― Hans Urs von Balthasar, Prayer

“Dear America,
I suppose we should introduce ourselves: We're South Louisiana...You probably already know that we talk funny and listen to strange music and eat things you'd probably hire an exterminator to get out of your yard.
We dance even if there's no radio. We drink at funerals. We talk too much and laugh too loud and live too large and, frankly,we're suspicious of others who don't.”
― Chris Rose, 1 Dead in Attic: Post-Katrina Stories

“To be engaged in some small way in the revival of one of the great cities of the world is to live a meaningful existence by default.”
― Chris Rose, 1 Dead in Attic: Post-Katrina Stories

“Forgive me for stating the obvious, but the world is made up of all kinds of people.”
― Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running