Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different..." from Two or Three Things i Know For Sure

Two or three things I know for sure, and one of them is the way you can both hate and love something you are not sure you understand.

Delia picked at the raw sores of her conscience...Drunk or sober, Delia lived in the small town in her heart, ignoring the world in which all her love had turned to grief.

People don't do right because of the fear of God or love of him. You do right because the world doesn't make sense if you don't.

And of course these days I feel like there is a nation of us - displaced southerners and children of the working class. We listen to Steve Earle, Mary J. Blige, and k.d. lang. We devour paperback novels and tell evil mean stories, value stubbornness above patience and a sense of humor more than a college education. We claim our heritage with a full appreciation of how often it has been disdained. And let me promise you, you do not want to make us angry.

What's the best thing you can do for your writing? Construct a boring life.

One of the strengths I derive from my class background is that I am accustomed to contempt.