"You must pay for everything in this world……" — Charles Portis
"You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace of God. You cannot earn that or deserve it."
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27 Quotes by Charles Portis
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She gave me a pledge card, a card promising an annual gift of $5, $10, or $25 toward the support…
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In the Anthropology Club, as I understood it, you were permitted, if not required, to despise only one thing, and…
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Mexican homes as a rule are closed off to the world by high blank walls of yellowish masonry, topped with…
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One time you smash a bug with no mercy. Another time you find one helpless on his back with his…
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It was old President Diaz who said that nothing ever happens in Mexico until it happens. Things rock along from…
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Listen, here's what I'd like to do: I'd like to live in a trailer and play records all night.
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My Master of Arts degree means nothing at all to these monkeys and I have come to share their indifference.
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I have known some horses and a good many more pigs who I believe harbored evil intent in their hearts.…
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Lookin' back is a bad habit.
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On his deathbed he asked for a priest and became a Catholic. That was his wife's religion. It was his…
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I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains.
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But I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when…
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In the garden of the soul, the virtues of faith, hope, and love form the centerpiece. Traditionally called theological virtues,…
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It is a gift. You cannot earn it, or it ceases to be a gift.
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Man unquestionably has impressive powers... But after all our obedience and good works, we cannot be saved from the effects…
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You cannot earn money from any artistic career. You have to spend all the time if you want to develop,…
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May the peace of God be with you," she says, her voice low, "even in the midst of trouble." "Why…
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A man cannot deserve adventures; he cannot earn dragons and hippogriffs.
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He who does not have the courage to speak up for his rights cannot earn the respect of others.
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