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1 " ...Pa was a good soul, full of respect for the women in his life, which might be the straightest measure of a man. "
― John Larison , Whiskey When We're Dry
2 " It is the burden of the survivor to wake one day and discover in yourself a stranger. "
3 " ...they think a man is made real by the violence he wields. "
4 " Ain't nothing more natural than a girl on a pony. "
5 " This life is cut with trails unrode. There was a time I resented that fact, the cruelty of being stuck to only one. But age like I got teaches you to be grateful for those trails untook. The old mind can wander their lengths and see what the eyes was never allowed, what the eyes would have missed. I’ve had time to wander those trails that interest me. "
6 " Ain't wise for a man with shallow secrets to drink deep. "
7 " I ain't sure about Heaven, brother, but I know for certain we make our own hell. "
8 " What started the war, Pa?"His eyes settled on me. "Stories, Jessilyn, We tell ourselves the wrong stories. "
9 " Remember is the name of all children. In that name is the seed and the thaw. "
10 " It is the burden of the survivor to wake up one day and discover in yourself a stranger. "
11 " Tea has a manner of setting the world right. "
12 " A problem with prosperity is that it makes a place long on crowds and short on people. "
13 " Pa’s eyes found mine. “We got issue with men. There’s a shortage of answers in this world. It’s the fool who thinks he got them. "
14 " For as long as we've been the Good, we've invented histories to so convince our children. We heed preachers upon tilted altars. We let them spin this world. So long as we remain at its center. "
15 " Ain’t it queer the Lord lets us assign names? So much we can’t touch in this life, and yet He give us the power to pick our name. Now that’s something. "
16 " Some things in this world you don't never forget even if you ain't got no memories of it. "
17 " I wondered what traveling that fast did to a soul. "
18 " Your blood is not your fault. "
19 " How are we to live in this world if not by our faith in the omens He sends to us? "
20 " Noah was a killer, that is certain. I ain't never been sure if he was right. "
