A man can’t ask for what he wants, he gotta earn it.

It’d look like he was demanding sex without an offer of marriage. Wojo wanted that very badly, which was why he don’t wanna ask for it. A man can’t ask for what he wants, he gotta earn it.

Wojo didn’t want to chat first because it would inevitably lead to talk about Pam, and he didn’t know what to think about her. Had she dumped him? Or were they on the verge of engagement? Was she mad at him? Maybe he should ask her to move in with him? But then it’d look like he was demanding sex without an offer of marriage. Wojo wanted that very badly, which was why he don’t wanna ask for it. A man can’t ask for what he wants, he gotta earn it.

From Wojo the Bricklayer

Craving sin was just as much a sin as committing it

He’d be able to afford a proper wedding and a home on a farm, and he could build a life with her, a godly life.

Craving sin was just as much a sin as committing it. Sin occurs in the heart first. It then infects the real world. So a Godly man must stop it before it can leave his heart.
Besides, he had a woman whose love was real. Her name was Daisy Mae Lovejoy, and her daddy owned a apple orchard next to the Turnip farm. It was his love for her that led Jeb to take this job in Remote, Alaska.
It paid well, and he’d have enough when he returned home to propose to Daisy Mae. He’d be able to afford a proper wedding and a home on a farm, and he could build a life with her, a godly life.
From Jeb the Farmboy