As I Get Older I Find Myself

I Live In Cullowhee, North Carolina. That's Where I Teach, At Western Carolina University. That Region Is Where My Family Has Lived For A Long Time And That Region Is My Landscape.

It Struck Her How Eating Was A Comfort During A Hard Time Because It Reminded You That There Had Been Other Days, Good Days, When You’d Eaten The Same Thing. Reminded You There Were Good Days In Life, When Precious Little Else Did. (268)

Don't Love Anything That Can Be Taken Away.

One Thing's Sure And Nothing Surer. The Rich Get Richer And The Poor Get- Children

Furthermore, Even If Ideas Were Gettable - Say, Stacked In A Secluded Cave Like The Dead Sea Scrolls - I Wouldn't Go There. An 'idea,' Especially One Adhered To From Start To Finish, Can Be Disastrous For A Compelling Piece Of Fiction.