Take Texas The Way Texas Takes Bourbon.

I Sat Staring Up At A Shelf In My Workroom From Which Thirty-one Books Identically Dressed In Neat Dark Green Leather Stared Back At Me With A Sort Of Cold Hostility Like Children Who Resent Their Parents. Don't Stare At Us Like That! They Said. Don't Blame Us If We Didn't Turn Out To Be The Perfection You Expected. We Didn't Ask To Be Brought Into The World.

Emma Mcchesney Was Engaged In That Nerve-wracking Process Known As Getting Things Out Of The Way. When Emma Mcchesney Aimed To Get Things Out Of The Way She Did Not Use A Shovel; She Used A Road-drag.

Living The Past Is A Dull And Lonely Business; Looking Back Strains The Neck Muscles, Causing You To Bump Into People Not Going Your Way.

Big Doesn't Necessarily Mean Better. Sunflowers Aren't Better Than Violets.

The Goat's Business Is None Of The Sheep's Concern.