Clyde Edgerton > Quotes

“She walked into the kitchen, turned on the light and saw through the window that the eastern sky as dark red. It was her favorite time of the day. She stepped out onto the back step. It was cool. She also liked it when it was cold and she could stand there taking in the cold morning while the sky was red, and time stopped stood still, and rested for a minute. People thought that time never stood still, except in Joshua when the sun stood still; but she knew that for a minute before sunrise when the sky began to lighten, showing dark early clouds, there was often a pause when nothing moved, not even time, and she was always happy to be up and in that moment; sometimes she tried to stand perfectly still, to not move with time not moving, and it seemed that if she were not careful she might slip out of this world and into another. That made the moment risky, bright shining, and very still at the same time. She hoped that when her time came, it would be close to morning, and she could wait for the still moment.”
― Clyde Edgerton, Walking Across Egypt

“fathering is the act of guiding a child to behave in ways that lead to the child’s becoming a secure child in full, thus increasing his or her chances of being happy and fruitful as a young adult.”
― Clyde Edgerton, Papadaddy's Book for New Fathers: Advice to Dads of All Ages

“She knew that a minute before sunrise, when the sky began to lighten, showing dark, early clouds, there was often a pause when nothing moved, not even time, and she was always happy to be up and in that moment; sometimes she tried to stand perfectly still, to not move with time not moving, and it seemed that if she were not careful she might slip out of this world and into another…She hoped that when her time came, it would be close to morning, and she could wait for the still moment.”
― Clyde Edgerton

“Mr. Lowery gave a talk Wednesday night at prayer meeting about secular humanists. He said they were all over the place.”
“What are they, anyway? I keep reading about them.”
“Well, they do all these secular things for one thing and you just don’t know when one’s liable to break in your bedroom and start doing some of it.”
― Clyde Edgerton, Walking Across Egypt