What freedom men and women could have, were they not constantly tricked and trapped and enslaved and tortured by their sexuality! The only drawback in that freedom is that without it one would not be a human. One would be a monster.

All great and precious things are lonely.

One of the laws of paleontology is that an animal which must protect itself with thick armour is degenerate. It is usually a sign that the species is on the road to extinction.

Why don't you go on west to California? There's work there, and it never gets cold. Why, you can reach out anywhere and pick an orange. Why, there's always some kind of crop to work in. Why don't you go there?

How can the poem and the stink and the grating noise - the quality of light, the tone, the habit and the dream - be set down alive?

Like most passionate nations, Texas has its own history based on, but not limited by, facts.

Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to tapping.