“Charity you can give even when you haven't got.”

“You could not pity anything if you weren't a man; pity was a surprise to God. It was not his invention.”

“If the stories come, you get them written, you're on the right track. Eventually everyone learns his or her own best way. The real mystery to crack is you.”

“She is not for you. She is a wild one--wild, without shame. This is not a bride for a rabbi".”

“Wonderboy flashed in the sun. It caught the sphere it was biggest. A noise like a twenty-one gun salute cracked the sky. There was a straining, ripping sound and a few drops of rain spattered to the ground somebody then shouted it was raining cats and dogs. By the time of Roy got in from second he was wading in water ankle deep.”

“The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course”

“When I don't feel hurt, I hope they bury me.”