The signs of excessive indulgence in this destructive pastime are easily detectable. They are these: A disposition to eat, to drink, to smoke, to meet together convivially, to laugh, to joke, and tell indelicate stories— and mainly, a yearning to paint pictures.

We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that the savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.

Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live.

Deep down in me I knowed it was a lie, and He knowed it. You can't pray a lie - I found that out.

Truth is more of a stranger than fiction. When in doubt, tell the truth. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.

In the real world, nothing happens at the right place at the right time. It is the job of journalists and historians to correct that.