He loved the scratching of pencil against paper when he was focused: it meant something was happening.

“We gotta do something about this frigging swing set,' he said. 'I'm telling you…”

“You'll live forever in our hearts, big man.That particularly galled me, because…”

“Holding anger is a poison.Never regret something that made you smile.Do not do …”

“That novel was composed of scratches on a page, dear. The characters inhabiting…”