The World Was New Each

I Didn't Mean I'd Seen Everything, John Grady Said. I Know You Didn't. I Just Meant I'd Seen Some Things I'd As Soon Not Of. I Know It. There's Hard Lessons In This World. What's The Hardest? I Dont Know. Maybe It's Just That When Things Are Gone They're Gone. They Aint Comin Back. Yessir.

If One Were To Be A Person Of Value That Value Could Not Be A Condition Subject To Hazards Of Fortune. It Had To Be A Quality That Could Not Change. No Matter What.

There Is No Later. This Is Later.

It Was Always Himself That The Coward Abandoned First. After This All Other Betrayals Came Easily.

He Knew Only That His Child Was His Warrant. He Said: If He Is Not The Word Of God God Never Spoke.