She was the captain of her soul

A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.

People need trouble - a little frustration to sharpen the spirit on, toughen it.

Who is he who will affirm that there must be a web of flesh and bone to hold the shape of love?

It's always the idle habits you acquire which you will regret. Father said that. That Christ was not crucified: he was worn away by a minute clicking of little wheels. That had no sister.

And we'd sit in the dry leaves that whispered a little with the slow respiration of our waiting and with the slow breathing of the earth and the windless october, the rank smell of the lantern fouling the brittle air, listening to the dog and the echo of louis' voice dying away

My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.