The will is never free – it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car – it cant steer. – Joyce Cary
Love doesnt grow on trees like apples in Eden – its something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too. – Joyce Cary
God is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would deny His own nature and the universe would simply blow up, vanish, become nothing. – Joyce Cary
Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul – politics does the same thing for the body. – Joyce Cary
I think theres a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see it in someone like Richard Petty, who may be a multimillionaire stock car driver, but hes also beloved because he has a nice self-deprecatory way about him. – John Shelton Reed