Consequences of Violence and Indifference
Billy Boy Walker:
You said you didn't want anyone else to get hurt. You meant it?
Lou Ford:
I meant it. Can't hurt somebody who's already dead.
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Discussion of Joyce Lakeland's Reputation
Sheriff Bob Maples:
Name of Joyce Lakeland. Lives about four or five miles out on Derrick Road past the old Branch place.
Lou Ford:
Oh, I know the old Branch place. She a hustling lady, Bob?
Sheriff Bob Maples:
Well, I guess so, but she's - she's been pretty decent about it.
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Perspective on Nature and Belonging
Billy Boy Walker:
A weed is a plant out of place. I find a hollyhock in my cornfield, and it's a weed. I find it in my yard, and it's a flower. You're in my yard.
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The Calm Before the Darkness
Sheriff Bob Maples:
It's always lightest just before the dark.
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Confronting Past Choices and Desires
Lou Ford:
Striking at people that way is almost as good as the other, the real way. The way I'd fought to forget—and had almost forgot—until I met her.
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The Benefits of Relieving Tension
Lou Ford:
Nothing relieves tension like a good spanking!
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Caught Between Two Worlds
Lou Ford:
I got a foot on both sides of the fence. They were put there early, and they stayed put. I can't move. I can't jump. All I can do is wait until I split, right down the middle.
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Expectations of Masculinity and Respectability
Lou Ford: [voiceover]
Out here you say yes ma'am an no ma'am to anything with a skirt on. Out here if you catch a man with his pants down you apologize, even if you have to arrest him afterwards. Out here you're a man and a gentleman or you aren't anything at all. And god help you if you're not.
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