“When yo hold your nose so high in the air, you can't see where you are going.”

“Oh, and that crown you are wearing …there are no bobby pins to hold it in place, so you must not let anyone get you to put your head down in shame cuz it’s gonna slide right down the front of your face.And neither can you put your nose up in the air cuz it will slip off the back.Just hold it high and steady and wear it forever.”

“It is the obvious which is so difficult to see most of the time. People say 'It's as plain as the nose on your face.' But how much of the nose on your face can you see, unless someone holds a mirror up to you?”

“Go where your nose leads you”

“So I pulled the sun screen down and squinted and put the throttle to the floor. And kept on moving west. For West is where we all plan to go some day. It is where you go when the land gives out and the oldfield pines encroach. It is where you go when you get the letter saying: Flee, all is discovered. IT is where you go when you look down at the blade in your hand and see the blood on it. It is where you go when you are told that you are a bubble on the tide of empire. It is where you go when you hear that thar's gold in them-thar hills. It is where you go to grow up with the country. It is where you go to spend your old age. Or it is just where you go.”

“Caves and darkness can't hold you when you die, they can only hold your bones.”