“I had declared in public my desire to be a writer ... I wanted to develop a curiosity that was oceanic and insatiable as well as a desire to learn and use every word in the English language that didn't sound pretentious or ditzy.”
― My Losing Season: A Memoir
― My Losing Season: A Memoir
“I’ve come to believe that how we choose to live with pain, or injustice, or death . . . is the true measure of the Divine within us.”
― Moloka'i
― Moloka'i
“One of all the terrible effects of grief is that we interpret its absence as egotism.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“I knew I rode a rugged crest of turmoil that might crash on the rocky shore of irrational behavior.”
― Death Leaves a Shadow
― Death Leaves a Shadow
“His mane was like a crest, mounting, then falling low. His neck was long and slender, and arched to the small, savagely beautiful head. The head was that of the wildest of all wild creatures- a stallion born wild- and it was beautiful, savage, splendid. A stallion with a wonderful physical perfection that matched his savage, ruthless spirit.”
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