Taint no law on earth dat kin make a man be decent if it aint in 'im.

anytime you catch folks lying, they scared of something!

If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding.

He was the average mortal. It troubled him to get used to the world one way and then suddenly have it turn different.

When Janie looked out of her door she saw the drifting mists gathered in the west -- that cloud field of the sky -- to arm themselves with thunders and march forth against the world. Louder and higher and lower and wider the sound and motion spread, mounting, sinking, darking.

I have known the joy and pain of friendship. I have served and been served. I have made some good enemies for which I am not a bit sorry. I have loved unselfishly, and I have fondled hatred with the red-hot tongs of Hell. That's living.

I do not pray. . . . I do not expect God to single me out and grant me advantages over my fellow men. . . . Prayer seems to me a cry of weakness, and an attempt to avoid, by trickery, the rules of the game as laid down. I do not choose to admit weakness. I accept the challenge of responsibility.