We had a 20-acre field that was kind of high and they just leveled it out. Now, we have planted 20 acres of Longleaf there.

We thought it would help us put the children through college. That didn't happen, but it might put the grandchildren through.

The spring is where the church got its water from. One elderly lady told us one day that the young girls and their boyfriends would pretend that they wanted some water in order to come down to the spring to court.

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.

My father was in the First World War.

I've never met an animal I didn't like, and I can't say the same thing about people.