“I believe in God, but I don't think you have to go crazy to prove it.”

“I eat out of stress," she told Robbie, and now, between work and her nephews driving her crazy, she was just on the verge of having to switch from her MEDIUM to her FAT AS A HOG wardrobe again, which meant she was going to have to switch shoe sizes as well. Robbie said she was the only perwon in America who gained weight in her feet.”

“It's funny, when you're a child you think time will never go by, but when you hit about twenty, time passes like you're on the fast train to Memphis. I guess life just slips up on everybody. It sure did on me.”

“All right, then, I'd die for you. How about that? Don't you think somebody could die for love?”

“I believe poor people are good people, except the ones that are mean . . .”

“I knew I wasn't the picture of health, but I didn't think I was headed for the last roundup.”

“People cain't help being what they are any more than a skunk can help being a skunk. Don't you think if they had their choice they would rather be something else? Sure they would. People are just weak.”