Chapter 1, page 5: "Dad jumped out of an airplane; Mom (and most of the rest of us) thought he was crazy, but he savored the moment like a big, giddy kid. Life was good."
I didn't pick this quote because I think there's something wrong or weird or in any way negative about following a professional defeat by skydiving. That's actually one of the most likeable things I've ever heard about George H.W. Bush.
I picked it because literally everything else on the page was about sermons and Bibles.
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