"It made me feel mean and miserable again."
"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
"I was powerful glad to get away from the widow's."Freedom
"I felt so mean I could almost kissed his foot to get him to take up arms against us."Kindness
"Conscience, I says to myself, let up on me—it ain't too late yet."Truth
"Jim don't ever drown."Hope
"I reckoned I would die if I couldn't go somewhere and find out."
"It's lovely to live on a raft."Happiness
"I says to myself, this is another one of his lies."Truth
"I wished I was dead sometimes, but living was better."Life
"It made me feel so mean I could almost kiss his foot."
"It don't make no difference what you do, a conscience don't seem to care."Wisdom
"I reckoned he would see me and tell everybody about me being on the raft."Fear
"I reckon a nigger ain't a human."Justice
"A person's conscience ain't got no sense."Wisdom
"I reckon I am all to pieces."
"I reckon a conscience is a thing that don't seem to care no how it works."Philosophy