WHEN AUGUSTUS CAME OUT on the porch the blue pigs were eating a rattlesnake—not a very big one. It had probably just been crawling around looking for shade when it ran into the pigs. They were having a fine tug-of-war with it, and its rattling days were over.

It ain’t dying I’m talking about, it’s living. I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where you live.” ~spoken by Augustus McCrae

In times of crisis human beings don't have it in them to be rational.

Texas is rich in unredeemed dreams

Nothing good ever comes without a price.

The older the violin, the sweeter the music.

Mystery is underrated, and understanding is overrated.