The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course
We didn't starve but nobody ate chicken unless we were sick or the chicken was.
Writers who can't invent stories often substitute style for narrative. They remind me of the painter who couldn't paint people, so he painted chairs.
The past exudes legend: one can't make pure clay of time's mud.
As long as a man stays alive he can't tell what chances will pop up next. But a dead man signs no checks.
Children were strangers you loved because you could love. If they gave back love when they were grown you were ahead of the game.