“In 1964, at the age of 39, Flannery O'Connor died from complications o...” — Floyd Skloot Quote

“In 1964, at the age of 39, Flannery O'Connor died from complications of lupus. She had lived with this autoimmune disease for 14 years, primarily confined to her mother's farm, Andalusia, in Milledgeville, Ga.”

“Music seems hard-wired into our very being. It moves us, stirs us to action, sets us in motion, sticks in our memories and minds.”

“Through his long, productive career, Paul Theroux has mixed nonfiction books about exotic travel with novels set in exotic places. Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong, Honduras - he lives in and writes about places most of us never see.”

“Prenatal care is one of the most effective ways to reduce maternal mortality because it identifies complications or high risks before emergency situations.”

“I'm into people's emotional lives and relationships and the complications of living. That's my turf.”

“Sometimes, when you create too many complications, you actually destroy value, as opposed to unlock it.”