To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.

Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other.

Only the peak feels so sound and stable that the beginning of the falling is hidden for a little while.

Love doesn't die; the men and women do.

Even sound seemed to fail in this air, like the air was worn out with carrying sounds so long.

Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed.

Dear God, let me be damned a little longer, a little while.