"There has to be a comparison, that's what I've always believed. Before you can say something is good, you must set something beside it and declare it them to be different, and that the other is bad." - Tom Deaderick, February 7, 2017, from in-progress 4th book.
"But life itself was different from all the activities it contained. People were comfortable when there was no idea when life would end, it was certainty that replaced blind, trusting optimism with me
"It doesn't seem as if I'm going to have a house full of children and grandchildren, and one day, I'll be gone. Each of the books that I've written are aspects of myself. There's nothing in them that
"A kid's honesty is like a bee sting, it hurts at first and itches for a long time after." From TRY-CATCH by Tom Deaderick June 30, 2021
