Warren Eyster

“Pity womankind, but never a woman.”

“Lopez made sandals out of one tire. He sold them at ten cents each, because people sometimes needed only one.”

“Feeling the inevitable claim of the this desert, he experienced a desire to throw off his civilized costume, hurl himself upon Josephina, either succumb, or return to Guadalajara, where men could only complain of having too many buttons to button or unbutton...”

“It would not be until darkness had taken indisputable control over the land, until the flames of the bonfire created an unreal world of shadows, until tequila and mescal untied men from their somber selves.”

“Poverty in western Mexico is an Unconditional Sentence.”

“The history of our country has taught us, above all, the virtue of patience. It will be many generations before we can have the conditions we seek.”

“He would have been careful not to violate his conscience in any way that might keep him from devoting his full attention to the sin he had decided to commit. Pedro was not really very different from all men, at least in that. Not very different from the bank teller who makes sure to give every customer exact change, even while he is embezzling.”

“The world is in me and you are not even in the world yet.”

“My eyes are my greatest sin.”

“Someday men will learn to irrigate and spread fertilizer instead of praying for fertility.”

“We have been living through a time of sorrow. Our seed remains seed. Our nostrils are dusty.”