The one thing ... maybe no family could tolerate was things coming out into the open.

Progressivism is usually seen as a stepping back from individualism into a progressive community...

The fact is that the same sequence of days can arrange themselves into a number of different stories.

Before I write a novel, images float around in my head that work like icons - they are meaningless in themselves, but serve as reminders.

Respect and fear are two different things.

You cannot be an egomaniac on the horse. If you lose your temper and start beating him, either you will destroy him, or he will destroy you. As soon as you start riding horses seriously, you're being disciplined on a daily basis about how ignorant you are and what there is left for you to learn.

There is something I have noticed about desire, that it opens the eyes and strikes them blind at the same time.