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> [“That was the great misconception about men: because they dealt with money, because they could hire someone on and later fire him, because they alone filled state assemblies and were elected congressional representatives, everyone thought they had power. Yet all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdowell/that-was-the-great-misconception-about-men-because-they-dealt-with/)

[Michael McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdowell/)

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## More by Michael McDowell

> [“Look down fair moon and bathe this scene, Pour softly down night’s nimbus floods on faces ghastly, swollen, purple, On the dead on their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdowell/look-down-fair-moon-and-bathe-this-scene-pour-softly-down-night-s/)

[Michael McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdowell/)

> [“It’s bad when the dead talk in dreams,” said Odessa.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdowell/it-s-bad-when-the-dead-talk-in-dreams-said-odessa/)

[Michael McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdowell/)

> [“She had got beyond despair.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdowell/she-had-got-beyond-despair/)

[Michael McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdowell/)

> [“Merle Weaver stroked the little girl's hair and thought of the two corpses in the rear of the truck.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdowell/merle-weaver-stroked-the-little-girl-s-hair-and-thought-of-the-two/)

[Michael McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdowell/)

> [“I sort of wish that was what happened though, Ginny, because that would mean the girl is all right. Fourteen-year-old girls have run off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdowell/i-sort-of-wish-that-was-what-happened-though-ginny-because-that-would/)

[Michael McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdowell/)

> [“To the little girl the house seemed a gigantic head, and she only a morsel of meat conveniently positioned in its gaping mouth. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdowell/to-the-little-girl-the-house-seemed-a-gigantic-head-and-she-only-a/)

[Michael McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdowell/)

> [“That her niece should find such profound pleasure in the company of a thirteen-year-old black girl--and, more to the point, always within the precincts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdowell/that-her-niece-should-find-such-profound-pleasure-in-the-company-of-a/)

[Michael McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdowell/)

> [“That was the great misconception about men: because they dealt with money, because they could hire someone on and later fire him, because they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdowell/that-was-the-great-misconception-about-men-because-they-dealt-with/)

[Michael McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdowell/)

> [“Mary-Love liked to see herself as the family cornucopia, dispensing all manner of good things, unstintingly, unceasingly. She considered herself amply rewarded by her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdowell/mary-love-liked-to-see-herself-as-the-family-cornucopia-dispensing/)

[Michael McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdowell/)

> [“Southerners are an easygoing race when it comes to aberrations of conduct. They will react with anger if something out of the ordinary is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdowell/southerners-are-an-easygoing-race-when-it-comes-to-aberrations-of/)

[Michael McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdowell/)

> [“In the hour before a thunderstorm, the color of the forest deepens: the pine needles take on a dense vibrant greenness they possess at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdowell/in-the-hour-before-a-thunderstorm-the-color-of-the-forest-deepens-the/)

[Michael McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdowell/)

> [“They placed the board between them on the kitchen table, and Becca took the suddenly inspired precaution of sprinkling the planchette with holy water…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdowell/they-placed-the-board-between-them-on-the-kitchen-table-and-becca/)

[Michael McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdowell/)

> [“Grace began to understand. "I have friends," she protested. "I have Zaddie." "Zaddie is just a little colored girl," Mary-Love pointed out. "It's all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdowell/grace-began-to-understand-i-have-friends-she-protested-i-have-zaddie/)

[Michael McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdowell/)

> [“No mother and daughter in Perdido were closer than Mary Love Caskey and Sister. But it was not to be supposed that either told…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdowell/no-mother-and-daughter-in-perdido-were-closer-than-mary-love-caskey/)

[Michael McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdowell/)

> [“I am a commercial writer and I'm proud of that. I am writing things to be put in the bookstore next month. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mcdowell/i-am-a-commercial-writer-and-i-m-proud-of-that-i-am-writing-things-to/)

[Michael McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mcdowell/)

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