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> [“The seat belt irked his father more than Uncle Colin's not eating meat, because, though his father never said it, Larry knew he considered seat belts cowardly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-franklin/the-seat-belt-irked-his-father-more-than-uncle-colin-s-not-eating/)

[Tom Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-franklin/)

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## More by Tom Franklin

> [“What damn fool punches his own horse?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-franklin/what-damn-fool-punches-his-own-horse/)

[Tom Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-franklin/)

> [“He buys Playboy magazines and looks through them once, then gives them to me. That’s what it’s like to be rich. Here’s what it’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-franklin/he-buys-playboy-magazines-and-looks-through-them-once-then-gives-them/)

[Tom Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-franklin/)

> [“He found the first skipped meals were the hardest, the hunger a hollow ache. The longer he went without eating, though, the second day,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-franklin/he-found-the-first-skipped-meals-were-the-hardest-the-hunger-a-hollow/)

[Tom Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-franklin/)

> [“The visit hadn't lasted much longer, and Wallace never said what he'd done, but after Larry watched him go, he'd spent the rest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-franklin/the-visit-hadn-t-lasted-much-longer-and-wallace-never-said-what-he-d/)

[Tom Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-franklin/)

> [“Maybe she'd needed her dream to come true to realize it was the wrong dream.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-franklin/maybe-she-d-needed-her-dream-to-come-true-to-realize-it-was-the-wrong/)

[Tom Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-franklin/)

> [“At some point, Alice slipped one arm and then the other into the coat's sleeves, she buttoned its buttons, starting at the top. Silas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-franklin/at-some-point-alice-slipped-one-arm-and-then-the-other-into-the-coat/)

[Tom Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-franklin/)

> [“Dawn crept up out of the trees, defining a bole, a burl, a leaf at a time the world he'd spent the night trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-franklin/dawn-crept-up-out-of-the-trees-defining-a-bole-a-burl-a-leaf-at-a/)

[Tom Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-franklin/)

> [“The seat belt irked his father more than Uncle Colin's not eating meat, because, though his father never said it, Larry knew he considered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-franklin/the-seat-belt-irked-his-father-more-than-uncle-colin-s-not-eating/)

[Tom Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-franklin/)

> [“... daylight crept through the trees like an army of crafty boys.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-franklin/daylight-crept-through-the-trees-like-an-army-of-crafty-boys/)

[Tom Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-franklin/)

> [“He was tired of having only three channels.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-franklin/he-was-tired-of-having-only-three-channels/)

[Tom Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-franklin/)

> [“Was that what childhood was? Things rushing by out a window, the trees connected by motion, going too fast for him to notice the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-franklin/was-that-what-childhood-was-things-rushing-by-out-a-window-the-trees/)

[Tom Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-franklin/)

> [“Ham had a way of encouraging intimacy, of making you feel you'd known him for years, and only when you had known him for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-franklin/ham-had-a-way-of-encouraging-intimacy-of-making-you-feel-you-d-known/)

[Tom Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-franklin/)

> [“He wished he understood better how the pieces of his life fit together. Would another man with these same pieces see the whole picture?...having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-franklin/he-wished-he-understood-better-how-the-pieces-of-his-life-fit/)

[Tom Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-franklin/)

> [“They'd already shouted to each other the facts, but they hadn't had time to press the hurt spots.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-franklin/they-d-already-shouted-to-each-other-the-facts-but-they-hadn-t-had/)

[Tom Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-franklin/)

> [In the divorce my ex got everything. Even kept her composure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-franklin/in-the-divorce-my-ex-got-everything-even-kept-her-composure/)

[Tom Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-franklin/)

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