There is no such thing as bad whiskey. Some whiskeys just happen to be better than others. But a man shouldn't fool with booze until he's fifty; then he's a damn fool if he doesn't.

A gentleman can live through anything.

Man performs and engenders so much more than he can or should have to bear. That's how he finds that he can bear anything.

Some days in late August at home are like this, the air thin and eager like this, with something in it sad and nostalgic and familiar.

The reason you will not say it is, when you say it, even to yourself, you will know it is true.

Everyone in the South has no time for reading because they are all too busy writing.

There is no such thing as was - only is. If was existed, there would be no grief or sorrow.