Why do I always feel like you're trying to staple my umbilical cord to the corner of your desk?

How do you caution a fawn about a cigarette a motorist has just flipped from his car window into a patch of yellow grass, or tell a sparrow that winged creatures eventually plummet to earth?

Louisiana is a fresh-air mental asylum.

You have two choices in life. You either die or do something with your time. You're going to be doing something - why not write?

I looked at Lucas with the pang that a parent feels when he knows his child will be hurt and that it's no one's fault and that to try to preempt the rites of passage is an act of contempt for the child's courage.

There's no substitute for loyalty.

When you find the right people, you never let go. The people who count are the ones who are your friends in lean times. You have all the friends you want when things are going well.