Quotes about Experience

What is true of one man, said the judge, is true of many.

Too soon old and too late smart. You dont know anything till it gets here. You told me once that maybe the end of the road has nothing to do with the road. Maybe it doesnt even know there's been a road. You ready?

The other thing is the old people, and I keep comin back to them. They look at me it's always a question. Years back I dont remember that. I dont remember it when I was sheriff back in the fifties. You see em and they dont even look confused. They just look crazy. That bothers me. It's like they woke up and they dont know how they got where they're at. Well, in a manner of speakin they dont.

I suppose in the end what we have to offer is only what we've lost.

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.

Beauty makes promises that beauty cant keep. I've seen it too many times. Twice in this house.

My daddy used to tell me not to chew on somethin that was eatin you.

The straight and the winding way are one and now that you are here what do the years count since last we two met together? Men's memories are uncertain and the past that was differs little from the past that was not.

My daddy used to tell me not to chew on somethin that was eatin you. Yessir.

We're all of us pretty much an assemblage of memories.

Did I kill a lot of people? I been asked that question a few times. But never before by a man. I told this one girl I was seeing that yes I had killed a bunch of gooks but that I hadnt eaten any of them.

Because I am committed to the truth of Scripture, I must try to understand what Scripture says, even if it transcends my own experience.