“Now that Olive was grown, I didn't know what to do with myself. You could build your life around one single thing, like a view or a child, but that was risky. You had so much to lose.” — Michael Lee West Copy Share Image
“Now that Olive was grown, I didn't know what to do with myself. You could build your life around one single thing, like a… — Michael Lee West Copy Share
“Gardens come and go, but I find myself getting attached to certain perennials. My tulips are bridesmaids, with fat faces and good posture. Hollyhocks… — Michael Lee West Copy Share
“It seemed clear that people in love lived in constant jeopardy. They were either making love or making each other crazy.” — Michael Lee West Copy Share
“Work and pray, live on hay, You'll get pie in the sky when you die. -Joe Hill, The Preacher and the Slave” — Michael Lee West Copy Share
“He just knew we would find luck, but believing something don't make it true.” — Michael Lee West Copy Share
“But I knew better: No matter where you go, the past floods back. You can try like the dickens, but you can't escape fate.” — Michael Lee West Copy Share
“A tofu birthday cake dosn't wreak a marriage; but if you cut the tofu into lewd shapes, you are probably asking for trouble. Looking… — Michael Lee West Copy Share
“This is how the soul heals. it thaws out bit by bit, the way the ground warms after a hard winter. you notive the… — Michael Lee West Copy Share
“You raise them half-decent, and they grow up and leave. They move to Miami or California-- someplace with gourmet groceries and nude beaches because… — Michael Lee West Copy Share
“It paid to be cultured, just as long as you didn't start growing bacteria.” — Michael Lee West Copy Share
“There was another thing I had forgotten about the South: It was the one place on earth where an unsuspecting person could get killed… — Michael Lee West Copy Share
“Everybody's always doing the same old things--- you know, doing unto others before they can do unto you.” — Michael Lee West Copy Share
“I was tired of well-meaning folks, telling me it was time I got over being heartbroke. When somebody tells you that, a little bell… — Michael Lee West Copy Share
“She, if anyone, was on a hell-bound train. I mean, if you're masquerading as a do-gooder, why not go all the way?” — Michael Lee West Copy Share
