“She smiles at me. "You know, a secret is only half as heavy if you have some one to carry it with you.”
“Some stones are so heavy only silence helps you carry them!”
“You have two kinds of secrets. The ones only you know. The ones only you don't.”
“I know," she said. "You have a stone in your heart, and some days it's so heavy there is nothing to be done. But you don't have to be alone for it. You should have come to me. I understand.”
“You can keep it a secret.... But secrets have their own weight, and it can be a very heavy one.”
“You too heavy a man for me to carry...I done carried heavy men and I know how they can break your back. I ain’t got but this one back and I don’t want it broke again...”