“ War’s all either country knows, and everything seems to depend on it now. ”
You tell a soul or even God Hisself what you seen when the rougarou changes , or even that you met one, and a year ain’t passed, you’re liable to change to one yourself.
~ Samuel Snoek-Brown
Not having any drink about ain’t the same as not understanding the need for one. Times like these change a body’s perspective.
I don’t like coming over here at night, the girl said. The bayou is scary in the dark, all manner of things running wild out there.
You’ll likely always have some reason or other to hang onto that girl. You just want her cause she was married to your son, and I understand that, he was a friend to me like a brother, near the only family I ever knew, and I miss him almost as much as you. But I need me a woman.