“There's some folks, that, if they don't know, you can't tell 'em.”
“There's some folks who don't eat like us," she whispered fiercely, "but you ain't called on to contradict 'em at the table when they don't. That boy's yo' comp'ny and if he wants to eat up the table cloth you let him, you hear?”
“Most of the students there, he said, don't know what they think. You tell 'em, they'll think it. I plan to tell 'em.”
“If you don't know there's an alternative, you can't miss it”
“Some folks can't hide things. They don't have enough, not enough money or influence or shame.”
“Well, you know what they say. If you can't join 'em, beat 'em.”