He sat a long time and he thought about his life and how little of it he could ever have foreseen and he wondered for all his will and all his intent how much of it was his doing.

My daddy used to tell me not to chew on somethin that was eatin you.

Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said. You might want to think about that. You forget some things, dont you? Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget.

By day the banished sun circles the earth like a grieving mother with a lamp.

What man is such a coward he would not rather fall once than remain forever tottering?

All the time you spend tryin to get back what's been took from you there's more goin out the door. After a while you just try and get a tourniquet on it.

Your heart's desire is to be told some mystery. The mystery is that there is no mystery.