You are either born a writer or you are not.

You always pay too much. Particularly for promises. There aint no such thing as a bargain promise.

Fear of an enemy can often blind men to other hazards, not least the shape which they themselves make in the world.

If trouble comes when you least expect it then maybe the thing to do is to always expect it.

He rocked in the swells, floating like the first germ of life adrift on the earth's cooling seas, formless macule of plasm trapped in a vapor drop and all creation yet to come.

Scared money can’t win and a worried man can’t love.

He thought each memory recalled must do some violence to its origins. As in a party game. Say the words and pass it on. So be sparing. What you alter in the remembering has yet a reality, known or not.