... people are always turning out to be tougher than I think they are.

Razzy was insulting me silently somehow.

Part of the trick of being happy is a refusal to allow oneself to become too nostalgic for the heady triumphs of one's youth.

Texas is rich in unredeemed dreams

A woman's love is like the morning dew. It's just as likely to settle on a horse turd as a rose.

-she remembered them kindly, for there was a sweetness in boys that didn't last long, once they became men.

No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that won't start.