Carolina beach music," Dupree said, coming up on the porch. "The holiest sound on earth.
The most powerful words in English are, 'Tell me a story.'
There is no teacher more discriminating or transforming than loss.
My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port of call.
Baseball fans love numbers. They love to swirl them around their mouths like Bordeaux wine.
I've never cackled with laughter at a single line I've ever written. None of it has given me pleasure.