His ear heard more than what was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought.

As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.

Evening of a hot day started the little wind to moving among the leaves. The shade climbed up the hills toward the top. On the sand banks the rabbits sat as quietly as little gray, sculptured stones.

I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that'swhy.

Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.

Guys like us got nothing to look ahead to.

It didn't come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure carried the trick, thank God.

A week ago, he would’ve sank his fangs into her flesh without a second thought. But now? Muriah had lured him into her world, into her reality, not as a god, but as a partner, a man.

Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13.

A writer is not interested in explaining reality, he’s only interested in capturing it.

I generally make a sort of playlist for my iPod for whatever project I'm doing.

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.

I remember feeling, 'If you do not leave now, you won't leave with your soul intact.'

For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.

By pursuing the things you love, all the other things in life will fall into order.

You never know what's going to happen in your life, and you never know what's going to happen in someone else's life either.