Oh, we can populate the dark with horrors, even we who think ourselves informed and sure, believing nothing we cannot measure or weigh. I know beyond all doubt that the dark things crowding in on me either did not exist or were not dangerous to me, and still I was afraid.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

Fella in business got to lie an' cheat, but he calls it somepin else. That's what's important. You go steal that tire an' you're a thief, but he tried to steal your four dollars for a busted tire. They call that sound business.

In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.

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

She had a dour Presbyterian mind and a code of morals that pinned down and beat the brains out of nearly everything that was pleasant to do.

What do I want in a doctor? Perhaps more than anything else-a friend with special knowledge.