“There is a basin in the mind where words float around on thought and thought on sound and sight. Then there is a depth of thought untouched by words, and deeper still a gulf of formless feelings untouched by thought.”

“Her old thoughts were going to come in handy now, but new words would have to be made and said to fit them.”

“When the people sat around on the porch and passed around the pictures of their thoughts for the others to look at and see, it was nice. The fact that the thought pictures were always crayon enlargements of life made it even nicer to listen to.”

“He looked like the love thoughts of women.”

“It was funny if you looked at it right quick, but it got pitiful if you thought about it awhile.”

“For the first time she could see a man's head naked of its skull. Saw the cunning thoughts race in and out through the caves and promontories of his mind long before they darted through the tunnel of his mouth.”

“Well, she thought, that big old dawg with the hatred in his eyes had killed her after all.”