T. Davis Bunn Quotes

A writer must have all the confidence in the world when writing the first draft and none whatsoever when editing subsequent drafts.

Sometimes I need a place to ask myself impossible questions.

God answered prayers first by teaching the need to ask, second by using friends as holy messengers.

Alex had cooked, and coaxed, and helped Mark form borders around the shapeless days. Alex had given meaning to the word "servant".

Our task is to carry the Lord's peace into every situation, into every duty.

For the Arab, the past does not merely live. The past defines the present.

I was thinking...""We know, " Pedro said, "It was like sitting next to a pressure cooker

His eyes touched lightly, and passed on.

He used a minimum of words and no inflection whatsoever. It was a policeman's manner of speaking, direct and unadorned.

It was typical of the American to identify the one unfinished strand.

Mark felt eyes on him as tight as a sniper's aim.

Normal Iraqi etiquette was forgotten the moment drivers sat behind the wheel.

The afternoon's glory was tainted by the voice on the other end. "I was so very sorry not to have the pleasure of meeting you, Mr. Haines. You're not living up to your part of the bargain.

The distance had been evaporated by humor