"The Hamlet" Quotes
A young man discovers the dark secrets and complex dynamics of his family in a small southern town.
fiction | 409 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
Sometimes I think it aint none of us pure crazy and aint none of us pure sane until the balance of us talks him that-a-way. It’s like it aint so much what a fellow does, but it’s the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it.
A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired, but then time is your misfortune.
I reckon if I had a choice I'd rather be myself than any other person I ever knowed.
No man is ever old enough to know better.
It's like it aint so much what a fellow does, but it's the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it.
The world is changed, I said. I reckon it is, he said. They don't even teach the truth of it in the schools yet.
I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.
The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.
The only thing worse than war is slavery.
Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
