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“I would be annoyed if I were any more in tune with modern sensibilities. I was shaped differently. The world in which I grew up was Texan and Southern, and it had many, many failings. I think I've gotten rid of most of the bad things in myself from that earlier age, but I don't adjust to the way things are progressing now.”
― Goodbye to a River: A Narrative
― Goodbye to a River: A Narrative
“You are the reason I get out of bed. To tell you that I have gotten out of bed.”
― Letters to Emma Bowlcut
― Letters to Emma Bowlcut
“I feel as if I am an ad
for the sale of a haunted house:
18 rooms
$37,000
I’m yours
ghosts and all.”
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for the sale of a haunted house:
18 rooms
$37,000
I’m yours
ghosts and all.”
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“The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled. Each evening we see the sun set. We know that the earth is turning away from it. Yet the knowledge, the explanation, never quite fits the sight.”
― Ways of Seeing
― Ways of Seeing
“For a long time, she held a special place in my heart. I kept this special place just for her, like a "Reserved" sign on a quiet corner table in a restaurant. Despite the fact that I was sure I'd never see her again.”
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
― South of the Border, West of the Sun
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