In those days, at least in my small town, parents didn't seem to worry so much about what their kids were doing as long as they made it home in time for dinner.
K. Martin BecknerTags: dinner small-town old-days
Like a car that's old enough to be old but not old enough to be a classic, it would be years before people would again appreciate the old town square.
K. Martin BecknerTags: car appreciation-of-classics town-square
Some of the more superstitious townsfolk even believed she was a witch. The fact that she had four dead husbands lined up in a neat row at the local Promise Land Cemetery was not an argument in her defense.
K. Martin BecknerSometimes you may think you're doing the right thing, but it turns out to be the wrong thing. And you just have to live with it. If I'd known what I know now when I was young, I could have done a lot more right, but I didn't. That's the way life is: you figure it out right before you die.
K. Martin BecknerTags: experience-mistakes-wisdom
Time can only rob us of the things we can touch; it can't rob us of the things we feel.
K. Martin BecknerIt's a wonder Hell don't open up and swallow her as the highlight of the service.
K. Martin BecknerTags: church evil-woman
Stephanie took another puff from her candy cigarette, reached into her purse, brought out the rest of the pack, and said, "Want one of these damned cigarettes?
K. Martin BecknerTags: humor growing-up cigarettes
I could just hear my mom now, "You know those old candy cigarettes are bad for you. Next thing you know, you'll be drinking alcohol, and they'll find you dead in a ditch somewhere. I'll never be able to show my face in this town again.
K. Martin BecknerTags: sarcasm candy-cigarettes parental-humor
There aren't many kids today as good as you are. Kids today are selfish; they don't think of others. They're too busy listening to devil music on their eight-track players to think of anyone else.
K. Martin BecknerTags: humor changing-times devil-music
That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. I think I would have more fun chopping thistles with a butter knife.
K. Martin BecknerTags: humor sarcasm butter-knife thistles
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