"I am not a Negro. I am a human being."

"Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes…"

"Gods always behave like the people who created them."

"Gator got his guts out in the water and the buzzards got his eyes."

"Some people could look at a knot in a tree, and tell you the history of the world."