All Jim Thompson Quotes
- A weed is a plant out of place. Inspirational
- Then he laughed and she laughed. And quivering with the movement of the train, the dead man seemed to laugh too. Dead
- There are things that have to be forgotten if you want to go on living. Forgotten
- I kissed her, a long hard kiss. Because baby didn't know it, but baby was dead, and in a way I couldn't have loved her… Baby
- If we all had what we wanted to eat... We'd have inflation in the toilet paper industry. All
- You've got forever; and somehow you can't do much with it. You've got forever; and it's a mile wide and an inch deep and full… Alligators
- We're living in a funny world kid, a peculiar civilization. The police are playing crooks in it, and the crooks are doing police duty. The… All
- I told her the world was full of nice people. I'd have hated to try to prove it to her, but I said it, anyway. Full
- There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and I’ve used every one, but there is only one plot – things are not as they… Every One
- What smells good in the store may stink in the stewpot. Good
- I looked at her, with her hair spilled out on the pillows and the warmth of her body warming mine. And I thought, god-dang, if… All
- If the Good Lord made a mistake in us people it was in making us want to live when we’ve got the least excuse for… Excuse
- I ain't saying you're a liar, because that wouldn't be polite. But I'll tell you this, ma'am. If I loved liars, I'd hug you to… Death