“The cemetery is where a young hustla go to retire, and prison is where he goes to grow old.”

“These young folks say they can't leave home without their American Express, but nowadays I can't leave home without my pistol. I ain't used it in a while but I've been itching to.”

“Sometimes two people could look at the same picture and see different images. Position determines perspective.”

“ You Got to know when to hold em' , Know when to fold em' , know when to walk away, know when to run. ”

“What a strange world it is, where prisoners are left their weapons and the written word is a mortal danger.”

“I grow old though pleased with my memoriesThe tasks I can no longer completeAre balanced by the love of the tasks gone pastI offer no apology onlythis plea: When I am frayed and strained and drizzle at the endPlease someone cut a square and put me in a quiltThat I might keep some child warmAnd some old person with no one else to talk toWill hear my whispersAnd cuddlenear”

“You know in this moment that Gabriel is at your mercy, you can do what you want, he is completely yours and with the knowledge of that something goes,you can feel it slip from you like a fish through the net.”