She had awakened something in him that had slumbered far too long. Not only did he feel passion, he felt the return of hope.

It's impossible to explain to a Yankee what `tacky' is. They simply have no word for it up north, but my God, do they ever need one.

Good writing ... involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of language, making them visible and clear.

One does not know where love will take you.

Through sports a coach can offer a boy a secret way to sneak up on the mystery that is manhood.

But no one walks out of his family without reprisals: a family is too disciplined an army to offer compassion to its deserters.

Men are prisoners of their genitalia and women are the keepers of the keys to paradise.