Mr. Bucchino occupies a special niche. His flowing, finely made piano ballads describe an urban single life in which relationships come and go... with high expectations, high anxiety and open hearts.

Small Acts of Kindness are Priceless

The encapsulated bird your conspirators sent you to fetch. The sterilized male chicken with the Creator DNA sequences. The plot capon. Where is it?

I don't come from a privileged background.

Our people could not talk with these white-faced men, but they used signs which all people understand.

Humility recognizes that no one can change someone else, but with faith, effort, and the help of God, we can undergo our own mighty change of heart.

I have never gauged myself against anyone else.

The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work.

The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith

We last longer if we compete against ourselves for the good of others instead of competing against others for the good of ourselves.

The weakest kind of fruit drops earliest to the ground.