“Whatever the surface appearances, most human beings come equipped with convoluted emotional machinery. With intimacy, the wreckage starts to show, damage rendered in the course of passions colliding like freight trains on the same track.”
“Southern Mamas are known for being subtle, like a freight train.”
“Most human beings come into the world and leave it with nothing to show they ever lived.”
“Dying should come easy:like a freight train youdon't hear whenyour back isturned.”
“It's a TV show. Only the emotional damage is real.”
“Ronnie offered, “I don’t want my life to pass me by.” Filling Ronnie’s glass again, Sissy promised, “It won’t.” “It’s already started. It’s whizzing by like a freight train.”