You got one choice at the beginning but if you didn't choose right, things got narrow real quick.

A small profit it better than a big loss

But nothing is solid and permanent. Our lives are raised on the shakiest foundations. You don't need to read history books to know that. You only have to know the history of your own life.

It's a hard place this world can be. No wonder a baby cries coming in to it. Tears from the start

Mistakes wreck your life. But they make what you have. It's kind of all one. You know what Hester told me when we were working the sheep one time? She said it's no good to complain about your flock, because it's the put-together of all your past choices.

We had some good times at school. I didn't know how good those times was till I left, but I guess that's the way of it