Ants in the house seem to be, not intruders, but the owners.

You kin tame a bear. You kin tame a wild-cat and you kin tame a panther. ... You kin tame arything, son, excusin' the human tongue.

Somewhere beyond the sink-hole, past the magnolia, under the live oaks, a boy and a yearling ran side by side, and were gone forever.

Life is strong stuff, some of us can bear more of it than others.

A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one.

A dead tree, falling, made less havoc than a live one. It seemed as though a live tree went down fighting, like an animal.

He who tries to forget a woman, never loved her