“The day drew on, was swallowed in dusk. No bird called, no insect. Life in abeyance, the world itself grinding to a… — William Gay Life Copy Share Image
“He lay on the bed and he felt he might never rise from it. He lay in an enormous torpor. The world… — William Gay Copy Share Image
“She was a page torn from a calendar, a year folded neatly and laid aside in some place you never look.” — William Gay Copy Share Image
“He figured somewhere in these territories there was an enormous madhouse whose keeper had thrown up his hands in disgusted defeat and… — William Gay Failure Copy Share Image
“a moving river of light that flowed above the dark water like its negative image and attained a transient and fragile dominion… — William Gay Books Copy Share Image
“Seems like it's peaceful, just bein' in a country that lays the way you remember it layin” — William Gay Patriotism Copy Share Image
“Folks called this place haunted, felt the emanations of an unspeakable act moving outward like ripples on water.” — William Gay Copy Share Image
“He wanted her the rest of his life, and failing that, he wanted permission to walk along beside her while she lived… — William Gay Life Copy Share Image
“While he slept the world spun on, changed, situations altered and grew more complex, left him more inadequate to deal with them.” — William Gay Copy Share Image
“Beyond the mothriddled light their faces were rapt and transfixed, he sang about death as if it was the only kept promise… — William Gay Death Copy Share Image
“As night deepened all he could see was the shifting line of fire, like some malfunction in the wiring of the world… — William Gay Fire Copy Share Image
“There was something oddly restful about the fireflies. He couldn't put his finger on it but he drew comfort from it anyway.… — William Gay Dark Copy Share Image
