On his deathbed he asked for a priest and became a Catholic. That was his wife's religion. It was his own business and none of mine. If you had sentenced one hundred and sixty men to death and seen around eighty of them swing, then maybe at the last minute you would feel the need for some stronger medicine than the Methodists could make.
Time just gets away from us. - Charles Portis
Time just gets away from us.
- Charles Portis
In the Anthropology Club, as I understood it, you were permitted, if not required, to despise only one thing, and that was your own culture, that of … - Charles Portis
In the Anthropology Club, as I understood it, you were permitted, if not required, to despise only one thing, and that was your own culture, that of …
Lookin' back is a bad habit. - Charles Portis
Lookin' back is a bad habit.
Nothing I like to do pays well. - Charles Portis
Nothing I like to do pays well.
I have known some horses and a good many more pigs who I believe harbored evil intent in their hearts. I will go further and say all cats are wicked,… - Charles Portis
I have known some horses and a good many more pigs who I believe harbored evil intent in their hearts. I will go further and say all cats are wicked,…
I always go backwards when I am backing up. - Charles Portis
I always go backwards when I am backing up.
My Master of Arts degree means nothing at all to these monkeys and I have come to share their indifference. - Charles Portis
My Master of Arts degree means nothing at all to these monkeys and I have come to share their indifference.
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
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.
I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains. - Charles Portis
I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains.
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