Maybe we all have in us a secret pond where evil and ugly things germinate and grow strong. But this culture is fences, and the swimming brood climbs up only to fall back. Might it not be that in the dark pools of some men the evil grows strong enough to wriggle over the fence and swim free? Would not such a man be our monster, and are we not related to him in our own hidden water? It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them.

A dying organism is often observed to be capable of extraordinary endurance and strength. .. When any living organism is attacked, its whole function seems to aim towards reproduction.

You got a God. Don't make no difference if you don' know what he looks like.

I suppose our capacity for self-delusion is boundless.

Trips to fairly unknown regions should be made twice; once to make mistakes and once to correct them.

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

Texas is not a state - it's a state of mind.