Every step of the walk unburdens us of what we have just seen and thought while it simultaneously thrusts us into the previously unknown.

Critics are to authors what dogs are to lamp-posts.

There are always people who are going to be opportunistic when they see situations unfolding the way that they are in New Orleans.

Initially they waited with hope, but as each hour passed, hope slipped away like the wind, the wind that as a small boy Ethan had once tried to capture with his tiny fingers.

The only way to ensure democracy functions correctly is to question its governance constantly. Fail to do so and you may awake to find yourself living in a police state.

I do not like the situation but will endure. It is only for awhile.

Life isn't simple. Literature shouldn't be either.

Nothing Is Important, Yet Everything Is Important

That government is best which governs the least because its people discipline themselves.

Never become attached to anything that continues to hurt God. For you to be free of it, God must be allowed to hurt whatever it may be.

If you're going to play stickball in Canarsie you better learn Brooklyn rules.

I don't even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere.

brb, ttyl ok? wow, i saved a 'ton' of time with those acronyms.