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Robert R. McGammon - From the Aging category:
- Boy's Life...
Life itself does its best to take that memory of magic away from us. You don't know it's happening until one day you feel you've lost something but you're not sure what it is. It's like smiling at a pretty girl and she calls you 'sir.' It just happens. (Robert R. McGammon)
Robert R. McGammon - From the Earth category:
- Boy's Life...
We plant our roots in trembling earth, we live where mountains rose and fell and prehistoric seas burned away in mist. We and the towns we have built are not permanent; the earth itself is a passing train... (Robert R. McGammon)
Robert R. McGammon - From the Eccentricity category:
- Boy's Life...
Maybe he was crazy. Maybe crazy is what they call anybody who's got magic in them after they're no longer a child. (Robert R. McGammon)
Robert R. McGammon - From the Immortality category:
-Boy's Life
It's easy to walk through life deaf, dumb, and blind, Cory. Most everybody you know or ever meet will. They'll walk through a parade of wonders, and they'll never hear a peep of it. But you can live a thousand lifetimes if you want to. You can talk to people you'll never set eyes on, in lands you'll never visit... And if you're good and you're lucky and you have something worth saying, then you might have the chance to live on long after... (Robert R. McGammon)
Robert R. McGammon - From the Magic category:
-Boy's Life
We all start out knowing magic. We are born with whirlwinds, forest fires, and comets inside us. We are born able to sing to birds and read the clouds and see our destiny in grains of sand. But then we get the magic educated right out of our souls. (Robert R. McGammon)
Robert R. McGammon - From the Nature category:
-Boy's Life
There is something about nature out of control that touches a primal terror. We are used to believing that we're the masters of our domain, and that God has given us this earth to rule over. We need this illusion like a good night-light. (Robert R. McGammon)
Robert R. McGammon - From the Possessions category:
-Boy's Life
It seems to me that Mr. Sculley understood the very nucleus of existence, that he had kept his young eyes and young heart even though his body had grown old. He saw straight through to the cosmic order of things, and he knew that life is not held only in flesh and bone, but also in those objects - a good, faithful pair of shoes; a reliable car; a pen that always works; a bike that has taken you many a mile... (Robert R. McGammon)
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