I laugh. Yer crazy, I says. I was fine till I met you, he says.
Don't give in to fear. Be strong, like i know you are. An never give up, d'you unnerstand, never. No matter what happens. I stare at him. I won't, I says. I ain't no quitter, Pa. That's my girl.
You got no idea, do you? You got no idea how beautiful you are.
You look at me with them eyes of yers, an I look at yer lips... an all I can think about is what it'ud be like to kiss you.
Ever heard of the rule of three? he shouts as we run. No! If you save somebody's life three times, their life belongs to you. You saved my life today, that makes once. Save it twice more an I'm all yers.
Marry me, he says. I got all my own teeth, I wash twice a year an I'll cut you in fer half the business here.
I ain't never seen a creature like that before, she says. He's so smart, he's- More, like a person than a bird? I says. Yeah, she says. That's it. Whatever you do, I says, don't tell him that. I'll never hear the end of it.
Lugh goes first always first an I follow on behind. An that's fine. That's right. That's how it's meant to be.
Wisdom ain't a virtue I ever aspired to.
There are some people, she says, not many, who have within them the power to change things. The courage to act in the service of somethin greater than themselves.
I weep fer the livin. I weep fer the dead. I weep fer the yet to be born.
But tears don't bring back the dead. I learned that.
Fer in our dreams we find ourselves. Who we were. Who we are. Who we can become. Sleep. Dream.
Well, we all gotta die. You jest gotta hope you die good.
The mask's back in place. The heard-it-all smile. The seen-it-all eyes.
We like to think we’re in charge of our own lives, but we ain’t.
There's some wounds that run too deep to be seen. They're the most dangerous.
This might not mean much to you right now, but fer what it's worth, I'll tell you. Maybe I know better'n most. Life ain't black an white. People ain't neether. Family, friends, lovers. It's all a lot more complicated. The longer I live, the more I se...
Maybe I did mean to kill myself. I didn't think it outright but...maybe the truth is, I didn't--I don't--much care one way or th'other.
It's always bin a bloody world, she says. Only nowadays, some people's blood is better than others.
