“Ollie though how her daddy once said sometimes people do things out of ignorance more than meanness. That's what Ollie took this woman to be - ignorant of God's love more than mean-spirited towards others.”
“No. You, your sisters, and your daddy are the best things I have. That, Ollie, was just a plate.”
“Real secrets mean more than hiding that card game from you daddy. Real secrets can be hurtful. Make people do bad things.”
“To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than others”
“Child, to say the very thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than what you really mean; that's the whole art and joy of words.”
“Because there is no greater evil than ignorance and the destruction of genius. Ignorance has been responsible for more death, more bigotry, and more sin than any other force. It is the destroyer of mankind.”