“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.”

“It was funny if you looked at it right quick, but it got pitiful if you thought about it awhile.”

“Make the attempt if you want to, but you will find that trying to go through life without friendship, is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.”

“You heard me. You ain't blind.”

“It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.”

“If you kin see de light at daybreak, you don't keer if you die at dusk. It's so many people never seen de light at all.”

“If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding.”