You can't slice up morals.

Nearly everyone has his box of secret pain.

At one point, as Samuel urges Adam to raise his boys well regardless of the blood that might be in them, Adam tells him, "You can't make a race horse of a pig." Samuel replies, "No, but you can make a very fast pig.

Father and son are natural enemies and each is happier and more secure in keeping it that way.

There's a responsibility in being a person. It's more than just taking up space where air would be.

Don't you love Jesus?' Well, I thought an' I thought an' finally I says, 'No, I don't know nobody name' Jesus. I know a bunch of stories, but I only love people.

I believe that love cannot be bought except with love.