There will always be men struggling to change, and there will always be those who are controlled by the past.
Ernest GainesI still don't even know if the sheriff will let me see him. And suppose he did; what then? What do I say to him? Do I know what a man is? Do I know how a man is supposed to die? I'm still trying to find out how a man should live. Am I supposed to tell someone how to die who has never lived?
Ernest GainesI want you to show them the difference between what they think you are and what you can be.
Ernest Gaines