“Marriage is long enough to have plenty of room for time behind it.”

“It begins with a character, usually, and once he stands up on his feet and begins to move, all I can do is trot along behind him with a paper and pencil trying to keep up long enough to put down what he says and does.”

“And sure enough, even waiting will end...if you can just wait long enough.”

“When they get done sending you to Parchman you'll have plenty of time between working cotton and corn you aint going to get no third and fourth of even, to study it." They looked at one another."Yes sir," George said. 'Especially wid you there to help me worry hit out.”

“And he was not old enough to talk and say nothing at the same time.”

“...the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time.”

“Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.”