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Charles Portis quotes: We must each of us bear our own misfortunes.

We must each of us bear our own misfortunes.

Charles Portis quotes: watching him cut for sign.

watching him cut for sign.

Charles Portis quotes: If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time.

If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time.

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.

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: I didn't care for beat reporting, covering the same thing day after day - short attention span.

I didn't care for beat reporting, covering the same thing day after day - short attention span.

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.

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: There is nothing free except the Grace of God.

There is nothing free except the Grace of God.

Charles Portis quotes: I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains.

I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains.

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.

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: Time just gets away from us.

Time just gets away from us.

Charles Portis quotes: The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner.

The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner.

Charles Portis quotes: Lucille Biggers Langford and Florence Mabry Whiteside. As the

Lucille Biggers Langford and Florence Mabry Whiteside. As the

Charles Portis quotes: You are a pearl of great price to me, but there are times when you are an almighty trial to those who love you.

You are a pearl of great price to me, but there are times when you are an almighty trial to those who love you.

Charles Portis quotes: Nothing I like to do pays well.

Nothing I like to do pays well.

Charles Portis quotes: Tom Chaney would pay for this! I would not rest easy until that Louisiana cur was roasting and screaming in hell!

Tom Chaney would pay for this! I would not rest easy until that Louisiana cur was roasting and screaming in hell!

Charles Portis quotes: wind came up through the floor hole in such a way that the Heath wrappers were suspended behind my head in a noisy brown vortex

wind came up through the floor hole in such a way that the Heath wrappers were suspended behind my head in a noisy brown vortex

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.

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: The wicked flee when none pursueth.

The wicked flee when none pursueth.

Charles Portis quotes: Do they pay you by the hour or what? Norwood said to the monocled peanut face.

Do they pay you by the hour or what? Norwood said to the monocled peanut face.

Charles Portis quotes: Lookin' back is a bad habit.

Lookin' back is a bad habit.

Charles Portis quotes: Fill your hand, you son of a bitch!

Fill your hand, you son of a bitch!

Charles Portis quotes: He drank even as he rode, which looked difficult. I cannot say it slowed him down any, but it did make him silly. Why do people wish to be silly?

He drank even as he rode, which looked difficult. I cannot say it slowed him down any, but it did make him silly. Why do people wish to be silly?

Charles Portis quotes: My Master of Arts degree means nothing at all to these monkeys and I have come to share their indifference.

My Master of Arts degree means nothing at all to these monkeys and I have come to share their indifference.

Charles Portis quotes: I will go further and say all cats are wicked, though often useful

I will go further and say all cats are wicked, though often useful

Charles Portis quotes: Now I was surprised and light-headed, like a domestic fowl that finds itself able to fly over a low fence in a moment of terror.

Now I was surprised and light-headed, like a domestic fowl that finds itself able to fly over a low fence in a moment of terror.

Charles Portis quotes: That is the way of it. - Rooster Cogburn

That is the way of it. - Rooster Cogburn

Charles Portis quotes: Who all is in there? Speak up and be quick about it!' 'A Methodist and a son a bitch!

Who all is in there? Speak up and be quick about it!' 'A Methodist and a son a bitch!

Charles Portis quotes: I'm white and I don't dance, but that doesn't mean I have all the answers.

I'm white and I don't dance, but that doesn't mean I have all the answers.

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?

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: The People's' historic duty was to become a nameless herd and submit to the absolute control of a small pack of wily and vicious intellectuals.

The People's' historic duty was to become a nameless herd and submit to the absolute control of a small pack of wily and vicious intellectuals.

Charles Portis quotes: There is no knowing what is in a man's heart.

There is no knowing what is in a man's heart.

Charles Portis quotes: You put things off and then one morning you wake up and say - today I will change the oil in my truck.

You put things off and then one morning you wake up and say - today I will change the oil in my truck.

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.

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: That's bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.

That's bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.

Charles Portis quotes: You do not think much of me, do you, Cogburn?""I don't think about you at all when your mouth is closed.

You do not think much of me, do you, Cogburn?"
"I don't think about you at all when your mouth is closed.