"We have often heard of nowhere and supposed it somewhere in Texas."-- Galveston Times "I went to Texas and ran wild on her prairies."--William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) "God made Texas when he was a small boy and wanted a sandbox."-- Folklore on the American Land "A Texan ain't nothing but a human being way out on a limb."--John Wayne's line in The Searchers "We are a wordy bunch, always have been, and for almost two centuries, outsiders, intrigued...