“john was smart, but he was also a young male with a usually empty belly. sometimes it was simple as that”

“you ask too many questions," snapped Cletus.I kept my gaze on Roman. "that's because I get too few answers.”

“Taxation is robbery based on monopoly of weapons”

“Almost all people are hypnotics. The proper authority saw to it that the proper belief should be induced, and the people believed properly.”

“But they can rule by fraud, and by fraud eventually acquire access to the tools they need to finish the job of killing off the Constitution.''What sort of tools?''More stringent security measures. ...”

“Seek a slower, simpler life.”

“There is no such thing as escape after all, only an exchange of one set of difficulties for another. It wasn't Mark or the farm or marriage I was trying to shake loose from but my own imperfect sel...”

“Talking won't change it. But sometimes it was what she wanted most, to tell someone; often, though, she just wanted to escape those horrid feelings, to escape herself, so there was no pain, no fear...”

“It would be too easy to become infatuated with a man like him, and also decidedly unwise considering the female debris left in his wake.”

“...it is my belief that all of us suffer from some kind of mental instability. What would you say if I told you we all are a little crazy?”

“Watch out for your daughters.The man is coming.Hell promise you the world.But if you accept, theres no turning back.Watch out for your daughters.Because here comes Jack.”