Nothing looks more foolish than tradition to those who have none. — Pete Dexter Culture Copy Share Image
“Sometimes," he said, "you've got to watch people a long time to see who they are.” — Pete Dexter Copy Share Image
“Not for the first time Spooner was reminded that marriage was not the straighforward assembly the instruction book led you to believe.” — Pete Dexter Copy Share Image
“...without moving a muscle in his face, slips away; retreats, I think, to that sheltered place where his stories are kept. Perhaps… — Pete Dexter Solitude Copy Share Image
“And the justice in this world is that you don’t have to break legs because somebody’s broken yours.” — Pete Dexter Justice Copy Share Image
“He was a newspaperman,' he said, 'but there's some people who should never leave Savannah.” — Pete Dexter Savannah Copy Share Image
“and low-life cable network producers, who have never had a thought in their heads that did not come from something else they… — Pete Dexter Copy Share Image
“Spooner noticed another, smaller Marine Corps tattoo encircling Marlin's ankle: Semper Fi Forever. Everywhere he went these days, Spponer witnessed America's crying… — Pete Dexter Marine corps Copy Share Image
“A newspaper story, like anything else, is more attractive from a distance, when it first comes to you, than it is when… — Pete Dexter Habits Copy Share Image
“He scart me," the girl said. Miss Mary nodded and looked over at her in a slow, tired way. "That's your common… — Pete Dexter Copy Share Image
“I had noticed, even then, that there were certain women whom other women instinctively disliked, and that these women invariably had more… — Pete Dexter Copy Share Image
And while good books - even so-so books - serve both functions, if you ever have to choose one over the other,… — Pete Dexter Algebra Copy Share Image
“I was tired in ways that had nothing to do with sleep. It occurred to me, sitting in the car with her,… — Pete Dexter Copy Share Image
“To see certain things, you have to be lying on your back with tears in your eyes and a scalding potato in… — Pete Dexter Tears in your eyes Copy Share Image
“No one mentions that now, and I suppose no one is inclined to bring it up, particularly not my father, who in… — Pete Dexter Father Copy Share Image
“It is now 55 years since my last book report, which is a long time to live with a guilty conscience. So… — Pete Dexter Books Copy Share Image
“In the beginning the stories were long and colored, but as he grew old and his eyes clouded, the stories were told… — Pete Dexter Copy Share Image
