Galveston Quotes

“And then she started crying, tears which crawled slowly, silently down her cheeks, as though pain had finally found an avenue of escape.”
― Bobby Underwood, Galveston

“For several seconds, both of them stood together laughing, crossing from the side of that invisible bridge where strangers meet by chance, to the other side, where friends gather by choice.”
― Bobby Underwood, Galveston

“Everything’s worth fixing if you care about it. Even people.”
― Bobby Underwood, Galveston

“She hadn’t smiled, just watched him cautiously as he got out of his truck and approached. Buford couldn’t blame her. It was lonely here at this time of morning and he realized he must look suspicious. He had a light beard and mustache because he hadn’t shaved for several days. He’d thrown on his oldest and most comfortable pair of jeans and a ratty old Jimmy Buffet T-shirt to go fishing in. At least his black felt cowboy hat with the small colorful Navajo band was in good shape.”
― Bobby Underwood, Galveston

“Buford woke up in a cold sweat because someone was screaming. The voice was his own, the dream always the same. The young Navajo girl, born prematurely to an alcoholic mother, trying to kill him with her grandfather’s shotgun.”
― Bobby Underwood, Galveston