“The point is there ain't no point.”

“If you knew there was somebody out there afoot that had two million dollars of your money, at what point would you quit lookin for em?That's right. There aint no such a point.”

“I ain't got an original thought in my head. If it ain't got the scent of divinity to it, I ain't interested in it”

“Your kinda weirded out, ain't ya?”

“Suttree stood among the screaming leaves and called the lightning down. It cracked and boomed about and he pointed out the darkened heart within him and cried for light. If there be any art in the weathers of this earth. Or char these bones to coal. If you can, if you can. A blackened rag in the rain.”

“Don't take in no strangers while I'm gone.She sighed deeply. They ain't a soul in this world but what is a stranger to me, she said.”

“The judge watched him. He began to point out various men in the room and to ask if these men were here for a good time or if indeed they knew why they were here at all.Everybody dont have to have a reason to be someplace.That’s so, said the judge. They do not have to have a reason. But order is not set aside because of their indifference.”