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“You repent. God forgives you. But the Lord don’t work in advance. He don’t pardon sins you fixing to commit.”
― The Dry Grass of August
― The Dry Grass of August
“Putting God in the pledge and on money—that’s like a sign in the sky saying ‘air.’ ”
― The Dry Grass of August
― The Dry Grass of August
“Owning the beach is like owning a mountain or an island, putting your name on something that belongs to the whole world.”
― The Dry Grass of August
― The Dry Grass of August
“maybe not. Sometimes they just takes them.”
― The Dry Grass of August
― The Dry Grass of August
“away. No way I can do more than I do,”
― Tomorrow's Bread
― Tomorrow's Bread
“We have to rise when we’re least able, and know the Lord is with us.”
― Tomorrow's Bread
― Tomorrow's Bread
“But the Lord don’t work in advance. He don’t pardon sins you fixing to commit.”
― The Dry Grass of August
― The Dry Grass of August
“Everyone has a story, although not everyone can or should be writing it, but to those of you who are writing or contemplating it, have at it. In order to finish, you must start. It is quite that simple and quite that complicated. Write!”
― The Dry Grass of August
― The Dry Grass of August
“This Boston brown bread is good with baked beans and pork chops.” “Bread in a can?”
― The Dry Grass of August
― The Dry Grass of August
“Browning said, ‘A man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?”
― The Dry Grass of August
― The Dry Grass of August





