One day I would have all the books in the world, shelves and shelves of them. I would live my life in a tower of books. I would read all day long and eat peaches. And if any young knights in armor dared to come calling on their white chargers and plead with me to let down my hair, I would pelt them with peach pits until they went home.

By 1899, we had learned to tame the darkness but not the Texas heat.

The strongest people in the world are the ones who think they're weak.

They all knew this, but this didn't stop them from good-naturedly crowding around the front door every time it opened, every single time, despite the fact that they were never -EVER- let into the house. I loved this particularly fine thing about dogs: Despite a lifetime of denied entrance, hope never died in their hearts.

It's amazing what you can see when you just sit quietly and look.

It was too bad, but sometimes a little knowledge could ruin your whole day, or at least take off some of the shine.

When two people love each other, they do not comply and does not dominate, only complement each other.