What are some sentences and phrases that would be most relevant to Taylor's character in The Bean Trees?

"But I stayed in school. I was not the smartest or even particularly outstanding but I was there and staying out of trouble and I intended to finish."

"There seemed to be no end of to the things that could be hiding, waiting it out, right where you thought you could see it all."

“I have always thought you had a wonderful way with words,” he said. “You don’t need to go fishing for big words in the dictionary. You are poetic, mi’ija.” . . . “Well, thank you for the compliment,” I said, “but that’s the biggest bunch of hogwash, what you said. When did I ever say anything poetic?” “Washing hogs is poetic,” he said.