A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired, but then time is your… — William Faulkner

Then Ben wailed again, hopeless and prolonged. It was nothing. Just sound. It might have been all time and injustice and sorrow become vocal for an instant by a conjunction of planets.

When people act like niggers, no matter who they are, the only thing to do is treat them like a nigger.

Women do have an affinity for evil, for believing that no woman is to be trusted, but that some men are too innocent to protect themselves.