“Crucifixon ain't no fiction”
“Meaning, yes -- I don't really exist except on the page or in the back of your brain. But if you think it's weird a fictional character's telling this story, you ain't seen what happened, yet.”
“If it ain't a pleasure, it ain't a poem.”
“...A mountain you're plannin' on climbin' ain't the same as the one you ain't. It ain't so pretty...”
“Dead ain't gone, and gone ain't dead.”
“If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.”