"What smells good in the store may stink…" — Jim Thompson

"What smells good in the store may stink in the stewpot."

— Jim Thompson

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13 Quotes by Jim Thompson

Jim Thompson has 13 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

A weed is a plant out of place.
Then he laughed and she laughed. And quivering with the movement of the train, the dead man seemed to laugh…
There are things that have to be forgotten if you want to go on living.
I kissed her, a long hard kiss. Because baby didn't know it, but baby was dead, and in a way…
If we all had what we wanted to eat... We'd have inflation in the toilet paper industry.
You've got forever; and somehow you can't do much with it. You've got forever; and it's a mile wide and…
We're living in a funny world kid, a peculiar civilization. The police are playing crooks in it, and the crooks…
I told her the world was full of nice people. I'd have hated to try to prove it to her,…
There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and I’ve used every one, but there is only one plot –…
I looked at her, with her hair spilled out on the pillows and the warmth of her body warming mine.…
If the Good Lord made a mistake in us people it was in making us want to live when we’ve…
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…

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