Quotes from James D. Houston

Sometimes you don't choose the material; the material chooses you.

We were so fundamental that almost everything had been stripped away from the place of worship. Think of the role words can play, when all other enticements and sensual attractions are gone.

Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. But why? Why do you choose one set of tools rather than another?

The sea, as much as the light, gives this curve of coast it's flavor. The light takes it's color from the sea, sometimes seems to be emerging from it. And the sea here is ever-present. On clear days it coats the air with a transparent tinge of palest blue that salts and sharpens every detail.