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Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: What else is there to do but laugh

What else is there to do but laugh and joke ... how else can you bear up under the unbearable? — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: If I wasn't a decent woman I'd heist

If I wasn't a decent woman I'd heist a leg and pee in your ear until it washed out that stinking pile of crap you call brains. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: You can't stamp on a man's corns when

You can't stamp on a man's corns when he's got his feet cut off. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: killer inside me

killer inside me — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: There are things that have to be forgotten

There are things that have to be forgotten if you want to go on living. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: He kept his back turned and his eyes

He kept his back turned and his eyes closed, feeling no shame or anger but only an increasing sickness of soul. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: Life is a bucket of shit with a

Life is a bucket of shit with a barbed wire handle. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: I found out long ago that the place

I found out long ago that the place where the law is apt to be abused the most is right around a courthouse. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: If I had to marry someone, it wouldn't

If I had to marry someone, it wouldn't be a bossy little gal with a tongue like barbed-wire and a mind about as narrow. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: You've got forever; and somehow you can't do

You've got forever; and somehow you can't do much with it. You've got forever; and it's a mile wide and an inch deep and full of alligators. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: The phone rang. Softly, in actuality, yet it

The phone rang. Softly, in actuality, yet it seemed loud and ominous, as phones do at night in dark hotel rooms. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: I rode a streetcar to the edge of

I rode a streetcar to the edge of the city limits, then I started to walk, swinging the old thumb whenever I saw a car coming. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: Anyone who deprived her of something she wanted

Anyone who deprived her of something she wanted deserved what he got. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: If the Good Lord made a mistake in

If the Good Lord made a mistake in us people it was in making us want to live when we've got the least excuse for it. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jo Nesbo: I wasn't that into crime novels at all,

I wasn't that into crime novels at all, but a friend introduced me to the work of Jim Thompson - I loved all his books. — Jo Nesbo

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: It doesn't matter what answers you get if

It doesn't matter what answers you get if you ask the wrong questions. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: There is only one plot - things are

There is only one plot - things are not what they seem. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: What smells good in the store may stink

What smells good in the store may stink in the stewpot. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: It had soaked in on him at last,

It had soaked in on him at last, the spot he was in. Soaked clear through a quart of booze until it hit him where he lived and rubbed the place raw. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: The world was a shitpot with a barbed-wire

The world was a shitpot with a barbed-wire handle and the further he could kick it the better he liked it. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: I kissed her, a long hard kiss. Because

I kissed her, a long hard kiss. Because baby didn't know it, but baby was dead, and in a way I couldn't have loved her more. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: When life attains a crisis, man's focus narrows.

When life attains a crisis, man's focus narrows. [ ... ] The world becomes a stage of immediate concern, swept free of illusion. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: I told her the world was full of

I told her the world was full of nice people. I'd have hated to try to prove it to her, but I said it, anyway. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: It's - it's always lightest j-just before the

It's - it's always lightest j-just before the dark. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: Then he laughed and she laughed. And quivering

Then he laughed and she laughed. And quivering with the movement of the train, the dead man seemed to laugh too. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: I ain't saying you're a liar, because that

I ain't saying you're a liar, because that wouldn't be polite. But I'll tell you this, ma'am. If I loved liars, I'd hug you to death. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: A weed is a plant out of place.

A weed is a plant out of place. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: Existence and proof are inseparables. You have to

Existence and proof are inseparables. You have to have the second to have the first. I — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: That's what she keeps you around for, to

That's what she keeps you around for, to diddle her fiddle. Because you're low-hung and she's high-strung! — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Jim Thompson: If we all had what we wanted to

If we all had what we wanted to eat ... We'd have inflation in the toilet paper industry. — Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson Quotes By Rocky Flintstone: shoddily constructed sexual fantasies" The Guardian... a newspaper

shoddily constructed sexual fantasies" The Guardian... a newspaper in England. — Rocky Flintstone