The sound of story is the dominant sound of our lives.

Many Americans would die naked in the middle of the road before they'd tell you what's hurt them most. But a born Southerner will show you the cell in their heart that burns the hardest. They'll hold it out to you in their bare right hand.

Life is short and often stingy; feast the heart with what it craves, short of cruelty, and let the world wonder.

As a child I thought it was very boring when I had to sit with [my mother] on the city streets, but the time sank deep and surfaced later.

The sound of story is the dominant sound of our lives.

Cities are the least permanent things in our civilization.

Stand up at sunrise and meet what they send you.