“It's a mess, aint it Sheriff?If it aint it'll do till a mess gets here.”

“Ive seen the meanness of humans till I dont know why God aint put out the sun and gone away.”

“They's lots of work in this world that aint never paid for. But the accounts gets balanced anyway. In the long run. A man that contracts for work and then dont pay for it, the world will reckon with him fore it's out. With the worker too. You live long enough and you'll see it. They's a ledger kept that the pages dont never get old nor crumbly nor the ink dont never fade. If it dont balance then they aint no right in this world and if they aint then where did I hear of it at? Where did you? Only way it wont is you start retribution on you own. You start retribution on you own you'll be on you own. That man up there ain goin to help you. Aint no use even to ask.”

“The hardest lesson in the world:Maybe it's just that when things are gone they're gone. They aint comin back.”

“You always pay too much. Particularly for promises. There aint no such thing as a bargain promise.”

“It just bothered me that you might think I'm somethin special. I aint.”

“...you fix what you can fix and you let the rest go. If there ain't nothin to be done about it it aint even a problem. It's just a aggravation.”