Ever is a long time. But the boy knew what he knew. That ever is no time at all.

What could a child know of the darkness of God's plan? Or how flesh is so frail it is hardly more than a dream

What joins men together ... is not the sharing of bread but the sharing of enemies.

My daddy used to tell me not to chew on somethin that was eatin you.

No one can tell you what your life is goin to be, can they? No. It's never like what you expected. Quijada nodded. If people knew the story of their lives how many would then elect to live them?

It is supposed to true that those who do not know history are condemned to repeat it. I don't believe knowing can save us. What is constant in history is greed and foolishness and love of blood.

When we're all gone at last then there'll be nobody here but death and his days will be numbered too. He'll be out in the road there with nothing to do and nobody to do it to. He'll say: where did everybody go? And that's how it will be. What's wrong with that?