“Most people's intuitions are drowned out by folk sayings. We have a moment of real feeling or insight, and then we come up with a folk saying that captures the insight in a kind of wash. The intuition may be real and ripe, fresh with possibilities, but the folk saying is guaranteed to be a cliche, stale and self-contained.”

“By means of the simple folk remedy of ascribing to feeling what is the millennia-long labor of reason and of its understanding, all are spared the bother of rational insight and knowledge.”

“They say officials love to serve the people, so why do they treat the common folk as enemies? Heavy taxes and under-the-table levies, like ravenous beasts, force the farmers to head for the hills. The common folk have a bellyful of grievances, but they dare not let them out. For the moment they open their mouths, electric prods close them fast.”

“We all have this moment, when your folks first see you as someone not growing up to be them.”

“Folks say rain washes away everything. I just believe it wipes the old shit off, but brings new in.Slade Carver - Thrill of the Hunt”

“Pull your britches up and come on. Don’t ever say nothing about country folk, those are my kinda people. I’ll have to get on ya like a sprayed roach; crazy, mad, and no place to go.”