"Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground."

"Dat's what makes life so funny. Everybody want to be boss and nobody don't want to be boss."

"Gator got his guts out in the water and the buzzards got his eyes."

"My soul is too deep for tears."

"Ah, if I were not myself, I would be a good deal more interesting."