Frank

“Dante, before he ascends the mountains of Purgatory is told that his face must be cleansed of the tears he shed in Hell and Virgil washes his face with dew.”
― Joy Williams, Concerning the Future of Souls: 99 Stories of Azrael

“He knew by the time he was twelve years old that he was going to be a preacher. Later he saw Jesus move from tree to tree in the back of his mind, a wild ragged figure motioning him to turn around and come off into the dark where he was not sure of his footing, where he might be walking on the water and not know it and then suddenly know it and drown.”
― Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood

“Too much too soon disappears.”
― Ron Rash, Poems: New and Selected – Profound Verse Capturing the Resilience and Traditions of the Rural South

“But when I say he and Dolores were lovers”
― Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms