14 Quotes by Ralph Webster

I can tell you that events were incremental, that the unbelievable became the believable and, ultimately, the normal.

I can’t recite the chronology or elaborate on the facts. I can’t explain the reasons or defend how we lived our lives. What I can tell you is how the events of 1933 sowed the seeds that fundamentally changed our future, that there was little hand-wringing or emotion, that circumstances were beyond control, that there was no recourse or appeal. I can tell you that events were incremental, that the unbelievable became the believable and, ultimately, the normal.

Is there a magical time when children become parents to their parents?

All of us have parents. Generations pass. We are not unique. Now it is our family's turn.

Is there a magical age when children become parents to their parents?

My parents have lived longer than most and have expected very little. We have been blessed in too many ways to count.

Visit me before I die. We can enjoy one another's company. A funeral is a rather one-sided affair.

Nothing about these times makes any sense. Nothing. Putting it to words only makes it sound too simple.

I thought those were others. Soon, I was to learn that they were us.