As I Lay Dying

[first lines]

Addie Bundren:
My father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead for a long time.

Addie Bundren:
People to whom sin is just a matter of words, to them salvation is just words too.

Dr. Peabody:
[examining compound leg fracture] A man ain't so much different from a horse or a mule. Except maybe a horse or a mule might have a little more sense.

Darl Bundren:
It takes two people to make you, and one people to die. It's how the world will end.