I was nothing more than a thug with Tolstoy in my pocket.

There is no worse flaw in man's character than that of wanting to belong.

If the poor rabbits knew I was selling their dead bodies for wine, they would be heartbroken.

Read Jerrod Edson. He is one of our best young writers.

Wayne Curtis is one of our very best writers!

The lies are in different places.

What should I get from books?” Alcide asked in French.That you are not alone — even along this broken tractor road. You need to know nothing else, ” my father answered in French.

Rare is not synonymous with valuable.

…love is by definition freeand if he choose to gowhen I would have him stayperhaps I'll die a bitbut I'd rather sothan taste his absent minded kissand lie uneasy in a masked embrace

If you put the time and work into getting better therefore that is called practice, anything that you practice you will definitely get better.

Ladies ...any man that lusts after you will answer to God for his mental adultery...but you will answer to God if you provoked him by the manner in which you are dressed.

Even a painful longing is some form of presence.

You have to put the idea into action. If you don’t have the motivation and the enthusiasm, your great idea will simply sit on top of your desk or inside your head and go nowhere.

Every day I beat my own previous record for the number of consecutive days I’ve stayed alive.

I've always thought you have to live life looking forwards, not backwards. I've had no interest at all in who my ancestors are.

If there is anything material and we're not reporting it, we'll be breaking the law. We don't break the law.

I never prepare a speech. I never think when I give a speech, except for "don't embarrass yourself or others," meaning "remember the names of the people you have to thank."