Well, I guess in all honesty I would have to say that I never knew nor did I ever hear of anybody that money didnt change.

Word gets around when the circus comes to town, don't it?

He said that those who have endured some misfortune will always be set apart but that it is just that misfortune which is their gift and which is their strength.

We're carrying the fire.

They lay listening. Can you do it? When the time comes? When the time comes there will be no time. Now is the time. Curse God and die. What if it doesn't fire? It has to fire. What if it doesn't fire? Could you crush that beloved skull with a rock? Is there such a being within you of which you know nothing? Can there be? Hold him in your arms. Just so. The soul is quick. Pull him toward you. Kiss him. Quickly.

Suttree stood among the screaming leaves and called the lightning down. It cracked and boomed about and he pointed out the darkened heart within him and cried for light. If there be any art in the weathers of this earth. Or char these bones to coal. If you can, if you can. A blackened rag in the rain.

The wind sounded of Mother Earth's forsaken and abandoned cries.