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

'He's got a can up there,' Richard said.

Yes, you will. And I will warn you now that not their blood but your suspicion might build evil in them. They will be what you expect of them…I think when a man finds good or bad in his children he is seeing only what he planted in them after they cleared the womb." "You can’t make a race horse of a pig." "No," said Samuel, "but you can make a very fast pig.

“Do you take pride in your hurt?” Samuel asked. “Does it make you seem large and tragic?” “I don't know.” “Well, think about it. Maybe you're playing a part on a great stage with only yourself as audience.”

And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.

No story has power, nor will it last, unless we feel in ourselves that it is true and true of us.

You can boast about anything if it's all you have. Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.