"I felt mighty queer."Fear
"Everything they done was jist right."Wisdom
"I warn't particular about how I got my money."Money
"He was kind and he was good."Kindness
"I always felt bad every time it come into my head."
"There warn't nobody that was kind to him."
"I couldn't think of nothing else."
"Miss Watson would read to me, and me about David and Goliath."Literature
"I wished the widow knowed about it."Hope
"I ain't a-going to tell all I know"Wisdom
"All right, then, I'll go to hell"Freedom
"It's lovely to live on a raft"Adventure
"The widow Douglas she took me for her son"Family
"I couldn't stand it no longer"Courage
"Nobody could use me now but to set around and listen"Education
"I reckoned I would hide in the woods"Freedom
"We said there warn't no home like a raft"Happiness
"I never felt so before in my life"
"Kings is a considerable sight to look at"Power
"I was mighty glad to get away"Courage
"There ain't nothing more to write about"Literature
"We catched fish and talked and took swims"Adventure
"I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it."Freedom
"All right, then, I'll go to hell."Courage
"The widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me."Life
"I don't take no stock in dead people."Life
"I felt so ornery and dismal."
"I was powerful glad to get away from the feuds."Peace
"All I wanted was to go somewheres; all I wanted was a change."Change
"Providence don't give nobody nothing."Faith