THOMAS H. COOK

I went to the Alabama public schools at a time when my English teachers, all but one of whom was a woman, taught nothing but the classics. They revered the great British and American writers.

The last best hope of life is that at some point during living it, all that you did wrong will suddenly teach you to do right.

A traveler enters the world into which he travels, but a tourist brings his own world with him and never sees the one he's in.

Life to me is defined by uncertainty. Uncertainty is the state in which we live, and there is no way to outfox it.

I like characters who are changed, often for the better, by the dark nature of their experiences. I also can become engaged by a character for whom I wish to see justice done, one way or the other. In general, I require a book to have some sort of moral center.

At a certain point memory becomes a beach strewn with landmines, all life’s many losses buried in those sands.

Risk will always be a part of life. It's how we recognize this and deal with it that matters.

I like characters who are changed, often for the better, by the dark nature of their experiences. I also can become engaged by a character for whom I wish to see justice done, one way or the other. In general, I require a book to have some sort of moral center.

Life to me is defined by uncertainty. Uncertainty is the state in which we live, and there is no way to outfox it.

I went to the Alabama public schools at a time when my English teachers, all but one of whom was a woman, taught nothing but the classics. They revered the great British and American writers.

Risk will always be a part of life. It's how we recognize this and deal with it that matters.

At a certain point memory becomes a beach strewn with landmines, all life’s many losses buried in those sands.

The last best hope of life is that at some point during living it, all that you did wrong will suddenly teach you to do right.

A traveler enters the world into which he travels, but a tourist brings his own world with him and never sees the one he's in.