Sling Blade Innocence Quotes

Karl has a childlike honesty in his responses, especially this one. The "are you well?" question is a loaded one that basically means, "Are you going to kill anyone again?" Karl's answer is true…in the moment. Karl also has a childlike ability not to think much about the future.

Karl wants to preserve Frank's innocence, maybe because Karl never had any innocent years of his own.

Karl killed his mother and her lover without any thought of the consequences, and he did it thinking that it was the right thing to do. Can murder ever be "innocent," in a way?