“They later moved to a tin-roof house that was situated in a gas field under a spectacular flare that burned all the… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time. — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
“You go for a man hard and fast enough and he don't have time to think about how many is with him,… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
One time you smash a bug with no mercy. Another time you find one helpless on his back with his legs flailing… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
“You are a pearl of great price to me, but there are times when you are an almighty trial to those who… — 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
