“And, Shane, that’s what perfect love is. And perfect love casts out all the pain, all the fear, and replaces it with hope.  And hope is what you were really asking for in that letter. And every Christmas since, hope is what you have been given.  Don’t you see it? It’s right here for you.”

– Oliver

“Nothing says I love you like crabs.”

-Ardis Parker-Pennington-Paine

“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say ‘here lives a great sweeper who did his job well.'” Martin Luther King said that, Jason. And he was also talking about postal workers and kings and presidents… and associate assistant bank managers. Put your heart into your work, Jason. And be happy.
-Oliver

“You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.”
-Oliver

It was very ungentlemanly of me to remain here where I could overhear your conversation. On the other hand, it would have been just as ungentlemanly to stand and make my presence known, thereby embarrassing Ms. McInerney. I was caught in something of a quandary.
-Oliver

“…once you know how strong you are, once you no that no matter how tough things get, you can’t BE squashed, then you can stop worrying about what you can’t do and start dreaming about all the things that you CAN do…”
-Rita

“His Eye is on the Sparrow”
by Civilla D. Martin

Whenever I have sorrow
Whenever clouds arise
When songs give place to sighing
When hope within me dies
I draw the closer to Him
From care He sets me free
His eye is on the sparrow
And I know he watches me
His eye is on the sparrow
And I know He watches me.