Quotation

“No one’s perfect, Raylan. Not you or Otis or his buddies. Otis is in heaven, with his old pals from the deep mines. Coal miners get old and die from being coal miners.” “But while they’re alive,” Raylan said, “they have a right to be alive.” === Throw in Carol Johnson, just about the whole set of characters: Boyd said, “Raylan . . . ?” “We’re through talking for now,” Raylan said, walking up to the porch. He looked at Pervis. “You ever see Carol again, call me, and I’ll get marshals on her.” “She don’t worry me none,” Pervis said. “I got Dewey here lookin out for me.” “I’m devotin my life to it,” Dewey said. Rita had come up by the porch. She said, “I told Pervis he ought to be ashamed of himself, Dewey has to wait till you pass. What if the mountain, it turns out, ain’t worth diddly, the coal Dewey’s been waitin for years already dug out?” Pervis said, “I always tried to be optimistic in life.” Dewey looked from one to the other. “But everybody says it’s full of coal. Ain’t it?”