--- title: "8 Tom Said Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Tom Said quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Tom Said sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfa/kathleen-kent-20053_fiction-novel_dr-tom-had-said-that-texas-was-the-only_23565.jpg" --- > [“Dr. Tom had said that Texas was the only place he had ever found that, when it killed you, it didn't forget…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-kent/dr-tom-had-said-that-texas-was-the-only-place-he-had-ever-found-that/) [Kathleen Kent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-kent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfa/kathleen-kent-20053_fiction-novel_dr-tom-had-said-that-texas-was-the-only_23565.jpg) > [Tom said to himself that it was not such a hollow world, after all. He had discovered a great law of human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/tom-said-to-himself-that-it-was-not-such-a-hollow-world-after-all-he/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/mark-twain-22_action_tom-said-to-himself-that-it-was-not-such_323672.jpg) > [“Tom said people should repaint their houses in and out, especially in, at least once a year—because who wants to live with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lentricchia/tom-said-people-should-repaint-their-houses-in-and-out-especially-in/) [Frank Lentricchia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lentricchia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/frank-lentricchia-36155_once-a-year_tom-said-people-should-repaint-their-hou_1025907.png) > [“For perhaps the first time in recorded history, Coalhouse and I agree on something," Tom said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lia-habel/for-perhaps-the-first-time-in-recorded-history-coalhouse-and-i-agree/) [Lia Habel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lia-habel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6b/lia-habel-3222_first-time_for-perhaps-the-first-time-in-recorded-h_1171434.jpg) > [“Guns and badges don’t scare everyone,” Black Tom said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-lavalle/guns-and-badges-don-t-scare-everyone-black-tom-said/) [Victor LaValle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-lavalle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/victor-lavalle-9013_quote_guns-and-badges-don-t-scare-everyone-bla_1717438.jpg) > [Once, when Tom was over here, to tease Rose, I asked him, "Before she was born, can you remember? Were things just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilary-mckay/once-when-tom-was-over-here-to-tease-rose-i-asked-him-before-she-was/) [Hilary McKay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilary-mckay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/hilary-mckay-16133_born_once-when-tom-was-over-here-to-tease-ros_1820475.jpg) > [“Oyster Tom said that they were not talking about people but about men. He agreed that most men remain accountable to themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-weller/oyster-tom-said-that-they-were-not-talking-about-people-but-about-men/) [Lance Weller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-weller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ed/lance-weller-63565_men_oyster-tom-said-that-they-were-not-talki_1899620.jpg) > [I was leaving the hotel to get to the fight when my phone went and someone said 'Hello Ricky, it's Tom'. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-hatton/i-was-leaving-the-hotel-to-get-to-the-fight-when-my-phone-went-and/) [Ricky Hatton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-hatton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/ricky-hatton-3200_fighting_i-was-leaving-the-hotel-to-get-to-the-fi_2846581.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tom-said/#itemlist", "name": "Tom Said Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Dr. Tom had said that Texas was the only place he had ever found that, when it killed you, it didn't forget about you.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kathleen Kent" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-kent/dr-tom-had-said-that-texas-was-the-only-place-he-had-ever-found-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfa/kathleen-kent-20053_fiction-novel_dr-tom-had-said-that-texas-was-the-only_23565.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfa/kathleen-kent-20053_fiction-novel_dr-tom-had-said-that-texas-was-the-only_23565.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfa/kathleen-kent-20053_fiction-novel_dr-tom-had-said-that-texas-was-the-only_23565.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Dr. Tom had said that Texas was the only place he had ever found that, when it killed you, it didn't forget…” — Kathleen Kent", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Tom said to himself that it was not such a hollow world, after all. 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