I don't see how it could possibly be made into a movie unless the entire book was scrapped and Shirley Temple cast as 'Bonnie,' Mae West as 'Belle,' and Stepin Fetchit as 'Uncle Peter.'

There ain't nothin' from the outside can lick any of us.

Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once.

Somehow the bright beauty had gone from April afternoon and from her heart as well and the sad sweetness of remembering was as bitter as gall.

Southerners can never resist a losing cause.

Anyone as selfish and determined as you are is never helpless.

Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything.