“You heard me. You ain't blind.”

“Yer the only friend I got, pigpiss... Ain't that the biggest tragedy you ever heard?”

“What you ain't never understood is that I ain't got nothing, don't own nothing, ain't never really wanted nothing that wasn't for you. There ain't nothing as precious to me...There ain't nothing worth holding on to, money, dreams, nothing else--”

“Simply knowing you exist, ain't good enough for me”

“I figure you really wanted me you'd say. Like now, maybe, if you dig. I'll fuckin carry you down your place on a run, you tell me aye, get you on your back afore the next word comes out your mouth. But you oughta have yourself certain, causen I ain't lookin for charity, an I ain't lettin you go after. Once...once ain't enough for me, dig?”

“Jem, I ain't ever heard of a nigger snowman," I said.”