People Should not be protected from the world.. -It cripples them.

You know a relationship has deteriorated past the point of salvage when one person detests another's gestures.

Bobbie Ann Mason's genius only grows stronger and wiser and funnier with every new book, and Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail is my absolute favorite so far. What an ear she has for the telling phrase, what an eye for the heartbreaking detail. These new stories are stunning.

sharing is the secret of civilization.

When people say they are happy for you it may mean they are sad for themselves.

Like most good looking women, she was never sure of her beauty, and had to keep checking on it, to make sure it was still there.

But the moods could be contagious. He didn't need one right now.