I nursed a worthless, pint drinker for twelve years and when my lazy, life-sucking, daddy finally died, I swore to God with tears in my eyes I'd never marry one. And then I did.

Wasn't that the point of the book? For women to realize, We are just two people. Not that much separates us. Not nearly as much as I'd thought.

Write about what disturbs you, particularly if it bothers no one else.

Ever morning, until you dead in the ground, you gone have to make this decision. You gone have to ask yourself, "Am I gone believe what them fools say about me today?

I always order the banned books from a black market dealer in California, figuring if the State of Mississippi banned them, they must be good.

....I realized I actually had a choice in what I could believe.

You is kind. You is smart. You is important.

Great books give you a feeling that you miss all day, until you finally get to crawl back inside those pages again.

...and that's when I get to wondering, what would happen if I told her she something good, ever day?

I was surprise to see the world didn't stop just cause my boy did.

Who knew paper and ink could be so vicious

. . . chasing after words like trying to grab the tails of comets.

What makes a home home? Animals, and a little bit of clutter.

The best way to understand somebody else is to put yourself in his place.

The intention of being married is the vow, right? You want to put everything into it to make it a success.

The universe constantly and obediently answers to our conceptions; whether we travel fast or slow, the track is laid for us.

An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.

All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.

For me, I've learned that the best thing is to focus on the team you play for and yourself and what you need to do.

American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100oC

In phrases as brief as a breath worldly wisdom concentrates.