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title: "2 Barbed wire Quotes By Jim Thompson"
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> [“Life is a bucket of shit with a barbed wire handle.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-thompson/life-is-a-bucket-of-shit-with-a-barbed-wire-handle/)

[Jim Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-thompson/)

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> [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-thompson/if-i-had-to-marry-someone-it-wouldn-t-be-a-bossy-little-gal-with-a/)

[Jim Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-thompson/)

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## More by Jim Thompson

> [“It was like being asleep when you were awake and awake when you were asleep. I'd pinch myself, figuratively speaking - I had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-thompson/it-was-like-being-asleep-when-you-were-awake-and-awake-when-you-were/)

[Jim Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-thompson/)

> [“Yeah, Johnnie,’ I said, ‘it’s a screwed up, bitched up world, and I’m afraid it’s going to stay that way. And I’ll tell you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-thompson/yeah-johnnie-i-said-it-s-a-screwed-up-bitched-up-world-and-i-m-afraid/)

[Jim Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-thompson/)

> [“Flight is many things. Something clean and swift, like a bird skimming across the sky. Or something filthy and crawling; a series of crablike…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-thompson/flight-is-many-things-something-clean-and-swift-like-a-bird-skimming/)

[Jim Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-thompson/)

> [“Well. Well? What are you going to do? What are you going to say? What are you going to say when you’re drowning in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-thompson/well-well-what-are-you-going-to-do-what-are-you-going-to-say-what-are/)

[Jim Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-thompson/)

> [“Strolling down a white-graveled walk to the cliff above the ocean, he let his eyes rove aimlessly over the expanse of sea and sand:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-thompson/strolling-down-a-white-graveled-walk-to-the-cliff-above-the-ocean-he/)

[Jim Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-thompson/)

> [“I knew–though I didn't recognize the fact–that I wasn't all right.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-thompson/i-knew-though-i-didn-t-recognize-the-fact-that-i-wasn-t-all-right/)

[Jim Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-thompson/)

> [I looked at her, with her hair spilled out on the pillows and the warmth of her body warming mine. And I thought, god-dang,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-thompson/i-looked-at-her-with-her-hair-spilled-out-on-the-pillows-and-the/)

[Jim Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-thompson/)

> [“He picked her up and tossed her on the bed. They had a hell of a time. But afterward, after she had gone back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-thompson/he-picked-her-up-and-tossed-her-on-the-bed-they-had-a-hell-of-a-time/)

[Jim Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-thompson/)

> [Dad always said that he had enough trouble sorting the fiction out of so-called facts, without reading fiction. He always said that science was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-thompson/dad-always-said-that-he-had-enough-trouble-sorting-the-fiction-out-of/)

[Jim Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-thompson/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-thompson/if-i-wasn-t-a-decent-woman-i-d-heist-a-leg-and-pee-in-your-ear-until/)

[Jim Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-thompson/)

> [“Anyone who deprived her of something she wanted deserved what he got.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-thompson/anyone-who-deprived-her-of-something-she-wanted-deserved-what-he-got/)

[Jim Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-thompson/)

> [“He could be breaking apart inside and you'd never know it from the way he acted. He'd be just as pleasant and polite as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-thompson/he-could-be-breaking-apart-inside-and-you-d-never-know-it-from-the/)

[Jim Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-thompson/)

> [“You've got no time at all, but it seems like you've got forever. You've got nothing to do, but it seems like you've got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-thompson/you-ve-got-no-time-at-all-but-it-seems-like-you-ve-got-forever-you-ve/)

[Jim Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-thompson/)

> [“you might think it wasn't real nice to kick a dying man, and maybe it wasn't, but I'd been wanting to kick him for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-thompson/you-might-think-it-wasn-t-real-nice-to-kick-a-dying-man-and-maybe-it/)

[Jim Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-thompson/)

> [Then he laughed and she laughed. And quivering with the movement of the train, the dead man seemed to laugh too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-thompson/then-he-laughed-and-she-laughed-and-quivering-with-the-movement-of/)

[Jim Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-thompson/)

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