"To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth. The plows crossed and recrossed the rivulet marks."

"Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide."

"You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly."

"All this happened, more or less. The war parts, anyway, are pretty much true."