Cherry Valance

“She was a honey. She was sugar and pie. She was a bitch.”
― Jim Thompson, Nothing More Than Murder

“Hell,” I said, “what do you think I am, anyway?” “Exactly what I always did.”
― Jim Thompson, Nothing More Than Murder

“But everybody does things like that. You might say it was even kind of a compliment to a woman. But this way, when a woman ain’t been a widow long enough to get her weeds wet, it just ain’t respectful. I mean, after all, they’s certain proprieties to observe, and a decent fella don’t hop right on a brand-new widow any more than a decent brand-new widow lets him.”
― Jim Thompson, Pop. 1280

“All of a sudden it hit me that the only people who were dependable and hard working were those that didn’t amount to anything.”
― Jim Thompson, Nothing More Than Murder