“The soil of a man’s heart is stonier; a man grows what he can and tends it.”
Jud speaking to Louis, after the burying the cat
Source: Pet Sematary (1983)
Context: They are secret things. Women are supposed to be the ones good at keeping secrets, and I guess they do keep a few, but any woman who knows anything at all would tell you she's never really seen into any man's heart. The soil of a man's heart is stonier, Louis - like the soil up there in the old Micmac burying ground. Bedrock's close. A man grows what he can... and he tends it.
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