MR.GOUDY: I believe you testified that you backed away from Aaron Wharton. MR.COGBURN: That is right. MR.GOUDY: You were backing away? MR.COGBURN: Yes sir. He had that ax raised. MR.GOUDY: Which direction were you going? MR.COGBURN: I always go backwards… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
“Who is the best marshal they have?' The sheriff thought on it for a minute. He said, 'I would have to weigh that proposition.… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
“Rooster said, "Fill your hand, you son of a bitch!" and he took the reins in his teeth and pulled the other saddle revolver… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
I didn't care for beat reporting, covering the same thing day after day - short attention span. — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
“In South Texas I saw three interesting things. The first was a tiny girl, maybe ten years old, driving in a 1965 Cadillac. She… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
“With that, Quincy brought the bowie knife down on Moon's cuffed hand and chopped off four fingers which flew up before my eyes like… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
My Master of Arts degree means nothing at all to these monkeys and I have come to share their indifference. — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
I had hated these ponies for the part they played in my father's death but now I realized the notion was fanciful, that it… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
“I will go further and say all cats are wicked, though often useful” — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
“If I had received good instruction as a child I would be with my family today and at peace with my neighbors. I hope… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
“He drank even as he rode, which looked difficult. I cannot say it slowed him down any, but it did make him silly. Why… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace of God. You cannot earn… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
It was old President Diaz who said that nothing ever happens in Mexico until it happens. Things rock along from day to day, and… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
