Kelsey laughed and the sound moved through him, made the hairs on his arms stand up, made hisheart beat faster

He flexed his fingers and fought the urge to put his hand on her stomach. It was a possessivegesture, and he felt a little bit possessive

Tupperware? I don’t know. That’s what my mom did.”“Well, my mom had to bring bigger containers for food when the family ate outdoors. But she usedthis when she and Dad . . .

She swallowed, her eyes dropping to his lips. And he knew she felt it too.

He’s drowning, suffocating under the weight of my darkness and there’s nothing I can do to stop it.

The only way I’d ever recruit a white quarterback to play for me is if his mom and daddy would both have to be black, and that’s the only way I would do it.

I still have to work on my weight and some of my other demons.

I wouldn't say I was a born writer; I'm a born thinker.

Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.

Who are you, a hundred years from today, reading my poetry with curiosity?

I never could believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world, ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden.

To sing is to pray twice.

I can envision observations and experiments that would disprove any evolutionary theory I know.

Man is so inconsistent a creature that it is impossible to reason from his beliefs to his conduct, or from one part of his belief to another.