His plate was full but his fists sat motionless like two dark quartz stones on either side of it.

“No art is sunk in the self, but rather, in art the self becomes self-forgetful …”

“If you want to get anywhere in religion, you got to keep it sweet.”

“Wise Blood has reached the age of ten and is still alive. My critical powers ar…”

“He had the feeling that everything he saw was a broken-off piece of some giant …”