“Life unravels as it's lived. It can't be woven back together.”

“Ha. If given a choice of dodging a bullet or stepping in its way, I'll choose dodging when I can. Anyway, to face death, you only need a dram of courage. To face life you need a good deal more.”

“... my aim in writing The Watch That Ends the Night was not to present history. My aim was to present humanity. The people represented in this book lived and breathed and loved. They were as real as you or me. They could have been any one of us.”

“Marriage without struggle is like an unfired clay pot.It is easily made, but it will not stand the test of time.”

“Thank God (my wife) and I were both born poorso the concept of fidelity was allowed to take root in us.”

“But most are fueled by hope.”

“The points are not the point; the point is poetry.”