A big iron needle stitching the country together.

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The West is color. Its colors are animal rather than vegetable, the colors of earth...

The West is color. Its colors are animal rather than vegetable, the colors of earth...

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the...

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the...

The sick soon come to understand that they live in a different world from that...

The sick soon come to understand that they live in a different world from that...

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

Justice is a terrible but necessary thing.

Justice is a terrible but necessary thing.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults.

In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults.

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has...

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has...

A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing.

A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing.

The West is color. Its colors are animal rather than vegetable, the colors of earth...

The West is color. Its colors are animal rather than vegetable, the colors of earth...

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor,...

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor,...

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to...

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to...

If you want a baby, have a new one. Don't baby the old one.

If you want a baby, have a new one. Don't baby the old one.

A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in...

A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in...

Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the...

Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the...

Nothing is so dear as what you're about to leave.

Nothing is so dear as what you're about to leave.

Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.

Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting.

There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The...

There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The...

Groan and forget it.

Groan and forget it.