“He scart me," the girl said. Miss Mary nodded and looked over at her in a slow, tired way. "That's your common sense talkin'," she said. "That man scare anybody got common sense.” — Pete Dexter 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 in only… — Pete Dexter 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 other matters… — Pete Dexter 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 saw on… — 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 bait in… — 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 we all… — 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, keep in… — 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 need for… — Pete Dexter 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 you get… — Pete Dexter 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, that I… — Pete Dexter 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 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 your mouth.… — Pete Dexter Copy Share Image
