“Just because you’re taught that something’s right and everyone believes it’s right, it don’t make it right.”
“That is just the way with some people. They get down on a thing when they don’t know nothing about it.”
“I couldn't bear to think about it; and yet, somehow, I couldn't think about nothing else.”
“I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.”
“What's the use you learning to do right , when it's troublesome to do right and it ain't no trouble to do wrong."
"That is, there’s something in [prayer] when a body like the widow or the parson prays, but it don’t work for me, and I reckon it don’t work for only just the right kind."
“I’m unfavorable to killin’ a man as long as you can git around it; it ain’t good sense, it ain’t good morals.”
"I see it warn’t no use wasting words—you can’t learn a nigger to argue. So I quit."
“That is just the way with some people. They get down on a thing when they don’t know nothing about it.”
“I couldn't bear to think about it; and yet, somehow, I couldn't think about nothing else.”
“I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.”
“What's the use you learning to do right , when it's troublesome to do right and it ain't no trouble to do wrong."
"That is, there’s something in [prayer] when a body like the widow or the parson prays, but it don’t work for me, and I reckon it don’t work for only just the right kind."
“I’m unfavorable to killin’ a man as long as you can git around it; it ain’t good sense, it ain’t good morals.”
"I see it warn’t no use wasting words—you can’t learn a nigger to argue. So I quit."