“People who don't have much get ugly about giving up the little they have left.”

“Why do people who already have so much get bitter about those who have a little more?”

“The horsemen thatching the roof with feathers are a likeness of people who go forth into the world to seek riches and fortune. When they return their houses are bare, and so they go on for everThe young man dragging up the trees to make a fire is a likeness of those who labour for others: much trouble they have, but they never warm themselves at the fire.The three heads in the wells are three kinds of men. Some there are who give freely when they get freely; some who give freely though they get little; some who get much and give little—and they are the worst of the three…”

“They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about. ”

“I don't want to talk about those things. I see the worst in people. I don't need to look past seeing them to get all I need. I've built my hatreds up over the years, little by little, Henry... to have you here gives me a second breath. I can't keep doing this on my own with these... people. [laughs]”

“... and people who have kids, people with husbands and jobs and mortgages, don't much want to hear about other people's paintings.”