An' I got to thinkin', on'y it wasn't thinkin', it was deeper down than thinkin'.

Sometimes a sad man can talk the sadness right out through his mouth. Sometimes a killin' man can talk the murder right out of his mouth an' not to no murder. You done right. Don't you kill nobody if you can help it.

They got to live before they can afford to die.

It ain't kin we? It's will we?

Look out for luck. You can't trus' luck.

Jus' live the day. Don' worry yaself.

And her eyes were on the highway, where life whizzed by.

I ain't sleepin'. I got too much to puzzle with.

I ain't gonna try to teach 'em nothin'. I'm gonna try to learn.