I had decided early on that if I couldn’t dress elegant, I’d dress memorable.

God, why does a mortal man have children? It is senseless to love anything this much.

For Lou Ann, life itself was a life-threatening enterprise.

To people who think of themselves as God's houseguests, American enterprise must seem arrogant beyond belief. Or stupid. A nation of amnesiacs, proceeding as if there were no other day but today. Assuming the land could also forget what had been done to it.

Small change, small wonders - these are the currency of my endurance and ultimately of my life.

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

Don't wait for the muse. She has a lousy work ethic. Writers just write.