Jim

Character in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn From: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Enslaved man seeking freedom; Huck's closest companion and moral guide

59 quotes

"I's rich now, come to look at it"
"Jim don't hurt nobody"
Kindness
"Goodness gracious! is dat you, Huck?"
Friendship
"There's a time for all things."
Time
"Goodness had nothing to do with it"
Wisdom
"De good Lord he take care of it"
Faith
"I b'longed to a rich family once"
Family
"Providence sends me here to teach me"
Faith
"I wouldn't ever dared to talk such talk"
"It's a long way through Missouri."
"Take your time about it."
Wisdom
"I don't care what anybody says, I ain't going to own anybody no more"
Freedom
"He never said a word for about an hour, then he says, 'I reckon a body that ups and tells the truth when he is in a tight place is taking considerable many risks'"
Truth
"Says Jim, this is nice, Huck."
Happiness
"I never learned you nothing."
Education
"Providences don't fire no blank cartridges."
Faith
"I can't ever tell you how grateful I am."
Gratitude
"Looky here—it ain't what a man does, it's what a man is that counts."
Wisdom
"It ain't lightning, it's heat lightning"
Wisdom
"I's gwyne to get rich, and den I won't have to work no mo'"
Dreams
"Say—who is you? What is you?"
"I do believe you're honest, after all"
Truth
"I ain't ever done nothing to harm anybody"
"Everybody is always kind to me"
Kindness
"Kings is a considerable trouble to a raft"
Wisdom
"I hain't ever done nothing to you. I hain't ever done nothing to him."
"If I ever done anything to hurt anybody, I'm sorry."
Kindness
"I would rather a thousand times to be sold down the river than to do that"
Family
"I never meant nothing out of it. I judged you placed too much confidence in me."
"I felt ever so grateful to have somebody so good to me."
Gratitude