"On his deathbed he asked for a priest and became a Catholic. That was his wife's religion. It was his own business and none of mine. If you had sentenced one hundred and sixty men to death and seen around eighty of them swing, then maybe at the last minute you would feel the need for some stronger medicine than the Methodists could make."

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Source : Charles Portis (2011). “True Grit”, p.51, A&C Black

Charles Portis

#Men Quotes #Swings Quotes #Medicine Quotes

“My life has had a lot of fits and starts: before I studied literature at all I was a musician, and began undergrad as a conservatory student. I started studying literature in my third year of college, when I took a poetry course with James Longenbach that was pretty extraordinary. It changed my life.”
“I've always had a philosophy that position doesn't define power. Impact defines power. What impact are you making on people? What impact are you making on business?”
“Of course, on every job there are moments where you're not having fun.”
“Being able to embrace contradictions is a sign of intelligence. Or insanity.”

Source : Richard Kadrey (2015). “Butcher Bird”, p.240, Booklassic
“The language of the novel differs from the just-the-facts language of the old tales. It's robust and earthy, sometimes even baroque.”
“I believe that it's very important to get to know people with whom you can have a substantive dialogue about design and its development. In addition, read everything about fashion that you can get your hands on. A palpable point of view is what makes a designer, so you need to be confident about yours.”
“Even when I was really young, I hated doing commercials, because I would say, "That's not real acting." And it's not. It's embarrassing what they make little kids do in commercials.”
“Private beneficence is totally inadequate to deal with the vast numbers of the city's disinherited.”

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