A person has to show some spirit -- fate just about never shines on chickenshits.

Long, dark, and lovely she had been, in those days before her mind broke and the parts scattered and she let them go.

Fading light buttered the ridges until shadows licked them clean and they were lost to nightfall.

Never. Never ask for what ought to be offered.

The heart makes dreams seem like ideas.

He unscrewed the lid, set it on the dash, snorted from the bottle twice, banged the steering wheel, and said, 'You got to be ready to die every day - then you got a chance.'

Ree, brunette and sixteen, with milk skin and abrupt green eyes, stood bare-armed in a fluttering yellowed dress, face to the wind, her cheeks reddening as if smacked and smacked again.

I said shut up once already, with my mouth.

This is how sudden things happened that haunted forever.

The opening novel of the 'Bayou Trilogy' was the first one I finished.

I was not much used to women except for mothers. Everything I did, they did different.

Stop feeling sorry for yourself and get to work, your future lies ahead of you

Humility is a virtue, not a neurosis.

A good commander is benevolent and unconcerned with fame.

I love the semicolon; it's unnecessary, but graceful and sophisticated.

I wanted to be a soccer player. And then I wanted to be a rabbi.

Injustice arises either from precipitation, or indolence, or from a mixture of both. - The rapid and slow are seldom just; the unjust wait either not at all, or wait too long.

Negative thinking keeps us from enjoying life.

NDA not only stands for National Democratic Alliance but is also the National Development Alliance.

Whether via social media or in person, building your relationships is a long-term process, and the ultimate goal is to strengthen your network one person at a time.

I've had the luxury of playing golf around the world, and I've spent a lot of time evaluating how to play all kinds of courses.