“There ain't no sky,' said one [boy]. But what is it that ain't?' asked the other.”
“This ain't Halloween." he said. "What's that mean?" "Means I ain't sharin' my candy.”
“Chip said it was his piano hands - one ain't never doing the same thing as the other.”
“UFO is a joke when there ain't mystery in the sky.”
“He ain't big and he ain't strong, but that boy's got a by-God streak of fight in him. And he was going to need it.”
“...A mountain you're plannin' on climbin' ain't the same as the one you ain't. It ain't so pretty...”