“I was with my dad 20 years ago as he was dying. I was there at the mom...” — Jill McCorkle Quote

“I was with my dad 20 years ago as he was dying. I was there at the moment of his death, and I kept wondering the whole while what it must feel like from his point of view to still be there thinking, hearing all that was going on as people came and went, and life continued all around him.”

“Sometimes I do feel like I write the same story again and again. And for me, I am always looking for a place with a kind of redemption.”

“For me, a happy ending is not everything works out just right and there is a big bow, it's more coming to a place where a person has a clear vision of his or her own life in a way that enables them to kind of throw down their crutches and walk.”

“My dad was a Jets fan. I always loved Joe Namath - a great champion, leading us to our only ever Super Bowl win.”

“I'm just going to try and be a good dad and not spoil the kid: give him love and encouragement but also discipline. Me and my woman, we don't want him to feel too entitled.”

“My dad joined Langley in 1964 as a co-op student and retired in 2004 an internationally respected climate scientist.”