The operas I loved were nineteenth-century novels!

“As for the river, it just kept moving,as river do--as rivers do. Under the logs…”

“We aren't eccentric, we're not bizarre. To each other, we're as normal and nice…”

“...but I suddenly realized what small towns are. They are places where you grow…”

“As for my faith: I've become my father's son-that is, I've become the kind of b…”