Good coaching is good teaching and nothing else.

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

When men talk about the agony of being men, they can never quite get away from the recurrent theme of self-pity. And when women talk about being women, they can never quite get away from the recurrent theme of blaming men.

Except for memory, time would have no meaning at all.

William Ferris has long reigned as the unimpeachable source of the entire southern experience. His work on southern folklore and the composition of the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture have made him both legendary and necessary. His book, The Storied South , is a love song to the South Bill helped illuminate. It's a crowning achievement of his own storied career.

Walking the streets of Charleston in the late afternoons of August was like walking through gauze or inhaling damaged silk.

We've pretended too much in our family, Luke, and hidden far too much. I think we're all going to pay a high price for our inability to face the truth.