I wanted to see how much of an insult it was to be called an ignoramus. I didn't know what it meant; I just Googled it.

When prayer is a struggle, do not worry about the prayers that you cannot pray. You yourself are a prayer to god at that moment. All that is within you cries out to him. And he hears all the pleas that your suffering soul and body are making to him with groanings which cannot be uttered.

My father's work is rather mysterious, not much said, and my grandfather's is robust, bursting off the walls.

I don't go to the beach. There is no value in going to the beach. If I did go I would probably read economics books.