His ear heard more than what was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought.

The people say that the two seemed to be removed from human experience; that they had gone through pain and had come out on the other side.

The warfare between the unaroused male and female is constant and ferocious. Each blames the other for his loss of soul.

It is better to sit in appreciative contemplation of a world in which beauty is eternally supported on a foundation of ugliness: cut out the support, and beauty will sink from sight.

I wish to God I knew as much about writing as I did when I was 19. I was absolutely certain about most things then. Also, I suspect, more accurate.

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike.

Texas has a tight cohesiveness perhaps stronger than any other section of America.