There was already a deep black wordless conviction in him that the way to avoid Jesus was to avoid sin.

“Tennessee's a hillbilly dumping ground, and Georgia's a lousy state too.”

“The black sky was underpinned with long silver streaks that looked like scaffol…”

“Man's desire for God is bedded in his unconscious ”

“People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point,…”