“You ain’t got no advantages when you’re small and contrary.”“I ain’t puny,” I said hotly. “And I ain’t contrary.”
“What’s this shit?” Ray demanded, looking at the salesclerk. “Honey, truth hurts, but ain’t no way you’re a Magnum.” “Well, I ain’t no medium!” The clerk smiled. “Yeah, but I was being generous.”
“Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better.”
“Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common.”
“You can trust me, he says.You would say that. How do I know you ain’t lyin?You don’t. But I ain’t.”
“If you ain’t scared… you ain’t human.”