How hard can it be to find a girl and an elephant for Christ's sake?

The sky the sky- same as it always was.

Jacob: I've never seen so much manure. Wade: Baggage stock horses. They pack'em in 27 a car. Jacob: how do you stand the smell? Wade: what smell?

So what if I'm ninety-three? So what if I'm ancient and cranky and my body's a wreck? If they're willing to accept me and my guilty conscience, why the hell shouldn't I run away with the circus?

I look after those who look after me." He smacks his lips, stares at me, and adds, "I also look after those who don't." - Sara Gruen (Water for Elephants)

After sixty-one years together, she simply clutched my hand and exhaled.

I tend not to think about the reading public at all, or the business, when I'm writing.