Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is.

It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another-but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.

But 'Thou mayest!'! Why, that makes a man great, that gives him stature with the gods, for in his weakness and his filth and his murder of his brother he has still the great choice. He can choose his course and fight it through and win

A stilted heron labored up into the air and pounded down the river.

I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put him in a good house, and he will die of despair.

With all our horrors and faults, somewhere in us there is a shining.

George's voice became deeper. He repeated his words rhythmically as though he had said them many times before. 'Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place. They come to a ranch an' work up a stake, and the first thing you know they're poundin' their tail on some other ranch. They ain't got nothing to look ahead to.