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“Who shot him? I asked.
The grey man scratched the back of his neck and said: Somebody with a gun.”
― Red Harvest
The grey man scratched the back of his neck and said: Somebody with a gun.”
― Red Harvest
“I first heard Personville called Poisonville by a red-haired mucker named Hickey Dewey in the Big Ship in Butte. He also called his shirt a shoit. I didn't think anything of what he had done to the city's name. Later I heard men who could manage their r's give it the same pronunciation. I still didn't see anything in it but the meaningless sort of humor that used to make richardsnary the thieves' word for dictionary. A few years later I went to Personville and learned better.”
― Red Harvest
― Red Harvest
“I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman.”
― Double Indemnity
― Double Indemnity
“This damned burg's getting me. If I don't get away soon I'll be going blood-simple like the natives.”
― Red Harvest
― Red Harvest
“Who is the best marshal they have?'
The sheriff thought on it for a minute. He said, 'I would have to weigh that proposition. There is near about two hundred of them. I reckon William Waters is the best tracker. He is a half-breed Comanche and it is something to see, watching him cut for sign. The meanest one is Rooster Cogburn. He is a pitiless man, double-tough, and fear don't enter into his thinking. He loves to pull a cork. Now L.T. Quinn, he brings his prisoners in alive. He may let one get by now and then but he believes even the worst of men is entitled to a fair shake. Also the court does not pay any fees for dead men. Quinn is a good peace officer and a lay preacher to boot. He will not plant evidence or abuse a prisoner. He is straight as a string. Yes, I will say Quinn is about the best they have.'
I said, 'Where can I find this Rooster?”
― True Grit
The sheriff thought on it for a minute. He said, 'I would have to weigh that proposition. There is near about two hundred of them. I reckon William Waters is the best tracker. He is a half-breed Comanche and it is something to see, watching him cut for sign. The meanest one is Rooster Cogburn. He is a pitiless man, double-tough, and fear don't enter into his thinking. He loves to pull a cork. Now L.T. Quinn, he brings his prisoners in alive. He may let one get by now and then but he believes even the worst of men is entitled to a fair shake. Also the court does not pay any fees for dead men. Quinn is a good peace officer and a lay preacher to boot. He will not plant evidence or abuse a prisoner. He is straight as a string. Yes, I will say Quinn is about the best they have.'
I said, 'Where can I find this Rooster?”
― True Grit
Richard’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Richard’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,519 books
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108 friends
686 books
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230 friends
1,034 books
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11 friends
59 books
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4,654 friends
204 books
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4 friends
37 books
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25 friends
1,663 books
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38 friends
42 books
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