"Dat's de way it is wid some people. Dey ain't got no mind to their own."

"The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell."

"If you are silent about your pain, they will kill you and say you enjoyed it."

"I do not weep at the world—I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife."

"No matter what the race of people, they are always a little better than any other race."