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Charles Portis Quotes

I always go backwards when I am backing up Picture Quote #1

I am ready. I have repented my sins and soon I will be in heaven with Christ my savior. Now I must die like a man Picture Quote #1

Babcock knew no Southerners personally but he had seen them in court often enough...and Ed’s manner and appearance said Dixie to him. He imagined Ed at home with his family, a big one, from old geezers to toddlers. He saw them eating their yams and pralines and playing their fiddles and dancing their jigs and guffawing over coarse jokes and beating one another to death with agricultural implements Picture Quote #1

I didn’t care for beat reporting, covering the same thing day after day - short attention span Picture Quote #1

A reporter from ‘The Times’ wanted to arm-wrestle, and as I recall, he kept challenging me. So we went at it, and there was a pop. His arm broke. Very strange. He went into a kind of swoon Picture Quote #1

Mexican homes as a rule are closed off to the world by high blank walls of yellowish masonry, topped with broken glass to discourage escaladores, or climbing burglars. The gardens and fountains and other delights are hidden, as in an Arab city Picture Quote #1

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You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace of God. You cannot earn that or deserve it Picture Quote #1

But I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool? Picture Quote #1

We must each of us bear our own misfortunes Picture Quote #1

What have you done when you have bested a fool? Picture Quote #1

Time just gets away from us Picture Quote #1

Nothing I like to do pays well Picture Quote #1

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There is no knowing what is in a man’s heart Picture Quote #1

I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains Picture Quote #1

One time you smash a bug with no mercy. Another time you find one helpless on his back with his legs flailing the air, and you flip him over and let him go on his way. The struggle that touches the heart Picture Quote #1

I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance Picture Quote #1

If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time Picture Quote #1

As he drank, little brown drops of coffee clung to his mustache like dew. Men will live like billy goats if they are let alone Picture Quote #1

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Listen, here’s what I’d like to do: I’d like to live in a trailer and play records all night Picture Quote #1

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I always go backwards when I am backing up (Charles Portis Quotes) I am ready. I have repented my sins and soon I will be in heaven with Christ my savior. Now I must die like a man. (Charles Portis Quotes) Babcock knew no Southerners personally but he had seen them in court often enough...and Ed’s manner and appearance said Dixie to him. He imagined Ed at home with his family, a big one, from old geezers to toddlers. He saw them eating their yams and pralines and playing their fiddles and dancing their jigs and guffawing over coarse jokes and beating one another to death with agricultural implements. (Charles Portis Quotes) I didn’t care for beat reporting, covering the same thing day after day - short attention span (Charles Portis Quotes) A reporter from ‘The Times’ wanted to arm-wrestle, and as I recall, he kept challenging me. So we went at it, and there was a pop. His arm broke. Very strange. He went into a kind of swoon. (Charles Portis Quotes) Mexican homes as a rule are closed off to the world by high blank walls of yellowish masonry, topped with broken glass to discourage escaladores, or climbing burglars. The gardens and fountains and other delights are hidden, as in an Arab city (Charles Portis Quotes) You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace of God. You cannot earn that or deserve it (Charles Portis Quotes) But I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool? (Charles Portis Quotes) We must each of us bear our own misfortunes (Charles Portis Quotes) What have you done when you have bested a fool? (Charles Portis Quotes) Time just gets away from us (Charles Portis Quotes) Nothing I like to do pays well (Charles Portis Quotes) There is no knowing what is in a man’s heart (Charles Portis Quotes) I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains (Charles Portis Quotes) One time you smash a bug with no mercy. Another time you find one helpless on his back with his legs flailing the air, and you flip him over and let him go on his way. The struggle that touches the heart (Charles Portis Quotes) I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance (Charles Portis Quotes) If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time (Charles Portis Quotes) As he drank, little brown drops of coffee clung to his mustache like dew. Men will live like billy goats if they are let alone (Charles Portis Quotes) Listen, here’s what I’d like to do: I’d like to live in a trailer and play records all night (Charles Portis Quotes)