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“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
― Dr. Seuss

“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, True Grit

“Nothing I like to do pays well.”
― Charles Portis, True Grit

“If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time.”
― Charles Portis, True Grit

“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, True Grit

“Time just gets away from us.”
― Charles Portis, True Grit

“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, True Grit

“MR.GOUDY: I believe you testified that you backed away from Aaron Wharton.
MR.COGBURN: That is right.
MR.GOUDY: You were backing away?
MR.COGBURN: Yes sir. He had that ax raised.
MR.GOUDY: Which direction were you going?
MR.COGBURN: I always go backwards when I am backing up.”
― Charles Portis, True Grit

“We must each of us bear our own misfortunes.”
― Charles Portis, True Grit

“That's bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.”
― Charles Portis, True Grit

“The smell of cooking food is often a calming one.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning