Candy quotes

Question 1

Loneliness candy

Answer 1

1. “Maybe tomorra. Lets wait till tomorra.”
2. “I ain’t got no relatives nor nothing.”
3. “A guy on a ranch don’t never listen nor he don’t ast no questions.”
4. “I won’t have no place to go, an’ I can’t get no more jobs.”
5. “When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me.”

Question 2

Dreams candy

Answer 2

1. “S’pose I went in with you guys. Tha’s three hundred an’ fifty bucks I’d put in.”
2. “They’ll can me purty soon. … I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden some.”
3. “Tell ya what—‘s pose I went in with you guys. … I won’t have no place to go, an’ I can’t get no more jobs.”
4. “You god damn tramp… You done it, di’n’t you? I s’pose you’re glad. Ever’body knowed you’d mess things up.”

Question 3

Discrimination candy

Answer 3

1. “They give me two hundred an’ fifty dollars ’cause I lost my hand.”
2. “Jus’ as soon as I can’t swamp out no bunkhouses they’ll put me on the county.”
3. “Ain’t much good with only one hand.”
4. “I had him too long. He was a good sheep dog when he was younger.”

Question 4

Loss and regret Candy

Answer 4

1. “I shouldn’t ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.”
2. “I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.”
3. “He was a good sheep dog when he was younger.”
4. “I had him too long.”
5. “You seen what they done to my dog tonight? They says he wasn’t no good to himself nor nobody else.”