He was so excited by this little bit of intelligence that he might have gone off, perplexed, pondering for a long time. It was like reading a wonderful sentence in a book, and not being able to continue because so many possibilities were crowding his mind.

Every moment must be first known and then savored.

I'm going to keep on dealing with the supernatural in a lot of ways.

I enjoy the Web site a lot and I like being able to talk to my readers. I've always had a very close relationship with them.

But during all these years I had a vague but persistent desire to return to New Orleans. I never forgot New Orleans. And when we were in tropical places and places of those flowers and trees that grow in Louisiana, I would think of it acutely and I would feel for my home the only glimmer of desire I felt for anything outside my endless pursuit of art.

And when a strong man is sweet, even Goddesses look down from Mount Olympus.

Roman influence seeds itself, sprouting mighty oaks right through the modern forest of computers, digital disks, microviruses and space satellites.