“Prayer never brought in no side-meat. Takes a shoat to bring in pork.”

“I've never been content to pass a stone without looking under it. And it is a black disappointment to me that I can never see the far side of the moon.”

“Ah, the prayers of the millions, how they must fight and destroy each other on their way to the throne of God.”

“Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is.”

“It would be good to live in a perpetual state of leave-taking, never to go nor to stay, but to remain suspended in that golden emotion of love and longing; to be loved without satiety.”

“Luck, you see, brings bitter friends.”

“A water snake glided smoothly up the pool, twisting its periscope head from side to side; and it swam the length of the pool and came to the legs of a motionless heron that stood in the shadows. A silent head and beak lanced down and plucked it out by the head, and the beak swallowed the little snake while its tail waved frantically.”