“It was only when I returned that I viewed Indiana through such a jaundiced eye. While there I tried desperately to gather the whole state around me and make it cohere. I don't mean to say that I enjoyed living… — Brian Kimberling Copy Share Image
“Somewhere in that ancient brain it knows that you are an idiot with a stick, to be endured, and that tomorrow there will be… — Brian Kimberling Copy Share Image
“A proper Indiana twister looks something like God got fed up with his spinach. God in this instance is about six years old .… — Brian kimberling Copy Share Image
“It was only when I returned that I viewed Indiana through such a jaundiced eye. While there I tried desperately to gather the whole… — Brian Kimberling Copy Share Image
“Well, that's one afternoon shot to hell,' I said. 'No,' said Shane. 'Other people are watching TV.” — Brian Kimberling Copy Share Image
“A list of birds seen on a given day is also a form of prayer, a thanksgiving for being alive at a certain time… — Brian Kimberling Copy Share Image
“It takes no skill to find a bald eagle. You look for flat rabbits on country roads. Wait a while and the national emblem… — Brian Kimberling Copy Share Image
“She was not always honest, but she was never rude. "I've only been in his house once. He has a sofa and two bird… — Brian Kimberling Copy Share Image
“She said not to worry-- that she had done so many things she regretted and perhaps we should both agree that we had sprung… — Brian Kimberling Copy Share Image
“From remote and sparsely populated Vermont, Indiana seemed hopeless; a collection of turtle-shooting subliterates--people opposed to evolution, pluralism, and poetry. And yet. Those leaves.” — Brian Kimberling Copy Share Image
