“After lunch Tiny returned to his fence work while Granddaddy and Fup repaired to the porch to sip a little Death Whisper, be still, and generally consider the drift of things. (55)”

“you just had to be still and have faith, that was the main thing.”

“...I don't rightly know. It just ain't possible to explain some things, maybe even most things. It's interesting to wonder on them and do some speculation, but the main thing is you have to accept it - take it for what it is, and get on with your getting." (91)”

“He wasn't the least bit disturbed that his intuition was wrong: intuition often missed, sometimes spectacularly, but when it connected it saved so much time that the spirit leaped forward ... and, of course, there was no use denying the basic human delight in being right the first time.”

“The mind is the shadow of the light it seeks.”

“it's hard enough separating the good stuff from the bullshit without adding to the whole mess by wanting to know what you ain't gonna know.”

“you're a mess now, but you'll be laughing about it in fifty years.”