Now speech had left her; fear took its place.
No half measures, he muttered several times. It was his personal motto; he intended to have it latinised and put on a crest.
It doesn’t do to sacrifice for people unless they want you to, Clara said. It’s just a waste.
I miss Gus...I get to expecting to hear him talk and he ain't here. My ears sort of get empty.
I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where you live. Call
Certainly on the vast windy plain, there was plenty of nothing to be looked at.
I'd hate to read all these books...that much reading could put your eyes out.
Wantin' takes too much time...I'd rather be working.
She sighed. Men were a pain.
Love’s a terrible price to pay for company, ain’t it, Matty? Caleb said. I won’t pay it, myself. I’d rather do without the company.
Life ain’t for sissies, as Augustus might have said.
If you’re planning on dying today I hope you dig your grave first.
I'm tired of justice, ain't you?
Looking at her, though, was like looking at the hills. The hills stayed as they were. You could go to them, if you had the means, but they extended no greeting.
Looking at her, though, was like looking at the hills. The hills stayed as they were. You could go them, if you had the means, but they extended no greeting.
It’s a fine world, though rich in hardships at times, Augustus said.
Ikey had passed his seventieth year and considered anyone under fifty to be callow, at best.
Don’t be reviling yourself. None of us is such fine judges of what to do.
Losing weight. When we finish eating this horse I
Young things mainly belong to themselves. How they grow up depends on who gets attached to them.