Nearer, my God, to Thee.
Let us be wary of ready-made ideas about cowardice and courage: the same burden weighs infinitely more heavily on some shoulders than on others.
The grandeur of man lies in song, not in thought.
Being for every man the touchstone of faith and love, the Eucharist, like on the Cross, divided the minds as soon as it was announced. . . Nothing engages a man as much as does the Eucharist
I believe that only poetry counts. . . A great novelist is first of all a great poet.
The temples of those who deny the Real Presence are like corpses. The Lord was taken away and we do not know where they have laid Him.
A good critic is the sorcerer who makes some hidden spring gush forth unexpectedly under our feet.
Sometimes I think the only memories I have are those that I’ve created around photographs of me as a child. Maybe I’m creating my own life. I distrust any memories I do have. They may be fictions, too.
I did volleyball, basketball, and track all through high school. And then I went to junior college and I stuck with track because I was good at shot put and discus. And then I got a full ride to Fresno State for their track program. Shot put was my main thing. I was the five-time All-American, and I set a couple records.
There is no gratitude for things past. Gratitude is always for what you're going to do for people in the future.
In Isleta the rainbow was a crack in the universe. We saw the barest of all life that is possible. Bright horses rolled over and over the dusking sky.