“Do whatever you want, but don't lose that child," she said. "There's no greater misfortune than dying alone.”
“There's no greater misfortune than dying alone.”
“Basch: So why don't you ask her out?The Runt: I'm scared she wouldn't like me and say no.-So what? What have you got to lose?-The possibility -if she says no- that she might have said yes. Whatever I do, I don't want to lose that possibility.”
“There is no disaster greater than not being content; There is no misfortune greater than being covetous.”
“But you said so yourself,the poor lass will die of it...Do you really want her to die?'Yes, I'd rather she died than have a bad life.”
“We don't wanta lose that little baby. Miss Hazel Marie might think she don't want it, but she do. If she lose it, she be worse upset than if she don't. When the Lord send a baby, he send the wantin', too.”