Ariel: “Why do such stories always sound so sad? Why can’t people part on more amiable terms?”Danny: “Human nature,” he said. “When feelings change and a person is at their most insecure, it’s a matter...

Only the broken heart has the ghost of a chance to grieve, to forgive, to long, to transform.” Christina Baldwin, author of Life’s Companion, Journal Writing as a Spiritual Practice, 1990. Used with author’s permission

He swore to kill her. She could still see his face when he said it. He was nineteen then. He’d be thirty-nine when released. That was still years away, if there was no early parole....

Even in good families a bad apple can begin an avalanche of troubles,’ Dutch said as he sat back in his well-seasoned armchair, lighting his curved rustic pipe. From Book I, In Blood There is...

It’s hard to learn to listen to your instincts. It’s easier for some who have a natural ability to follow that little voice inside, but for others it takes practice.