My mother has been the greatest influence on my life, morally. When I get right down to it, my mother and father are two people I can count on no matter what. ↗
The city's contradictions and frailties drive me to the church. The church, in turn, binds my wounds and soothes my troubled heart, and sends me right back out into the city again. ↗
It's my father's legacy. My father's view was that the public is the employer of these government employees and has the right to know what they're up to. ↗