“I dont need to conform to your ideas of beauty”

“That smile could move mountains. It could also break hearts.”

“The opening notes of a song began, some plucking of guitar strings. I knew the melody. It was Maroon 5s She Will Be Loved. As pop songs went, it was pretty damn good, a bit of a favorite of mine.”

“Don't make me kill you at this hour in the morning Jimmy. It's not civilized.”

“I don’t need to conform to your ideas of beauty”

“Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.”

“One morning as I closed the cyclone-fence gate / to begin a slow drift / down to the cookhouse on foot / (because my truck wheels were glued / in deep mud once again), / I walked straight into / th...”

“It was a morning like other mornings and yet perfect among mornings.”

“Saturday night is perfect for writers because other people have "plans.”

“Night is certainly more novel and less profane than day.”

“I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”

“Lost Time is never found again.”

“How you spend your time is more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be corrected, but time is gone forever.”

“Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.”