Texas has a tight cohesiveness perhaps stronger than any other section of America.
There's nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.
And her joy was nearly like sorrow.
The people in flight from the terror behind-strange things happen to them, some bitterly cruel and some so beautiful that the faith is refired forever.
One can find so many pains when the rain is falling.
It isn't like the rest of the country - it is like a nation itself - more tolerant than the rest in a curious way. Littleness gets swallowed up here. All the viciousness that makes other cities vicious is sucked up and absorbed in New York.