“I still don't even know if the sheriff will let me see him. And suppose he did; what then? What do I say to him? Do I know what a man is? Do I know how a man is supposed to die? I'm still trying to find out how a man should live. Am I supposed to tell someone how to die who has never lived?” IfsKnowsMenShouldTryingStillsDiesKnow HowDyingLet MeSheriffs Book:A Lesson Before Dying Source: A Lesson Before Dying
“"What for?" I said. "What for, Tante Lou? He treated me the same way he treated her. He wants me to feel guilty, just as he wants her to feel guilty. Well, I'm not feeling guilty, Tante Lou. I didn't put him there. I do everything I know how to do to keep people like him from going there. He's not going to make me feel guilty."” PeopleKnowsWayWantFeelsWellsSaidFeelingsKnow HowDyingTreatedGuiltyWant MeFeeling GuiltyHe Wants Me Book:A Lesson Before Dying: A Novel Source: A Lesson Before Dying: A Novel
“We all have much more in common than we have difference. I would say that about people all over the world. They don't know how much in common that they have” PeopleKnowsWorldDifferencesCommonKnow How Author:Ernest Gaines
