The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

Doc still loved true things but he knew that it was not a general love and it could be a very dangerous mistress.

When a condition or a problem becomes too great, humans have the protection of not thinking about it. But it goes inward and minces up with a lot of other things already there and what comes out is discontent and uneasiness, guilt and a compulsion to get something--anything--before it is all gone.

A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ.

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.

... a man is a very important thing-maybe more important than a star.

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.