Charles Portis cytaty

Charles McColl Portis – amerykański pisarz, autor westernów m.in. Prawdziwego męstwa .

✵ 28. Grudzień 1933   •   Natępne imiona Чарльз Портіс
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Charles Portis cytaty

„Nie wpuszczę złodzieja do ust, żeby nie ukradł mi rozumu.”

Źródło: Prawdziwe męstwo (2011), tłum. Robert J. Szmidt

Charles Portis: Cytaty po angielsku

“If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time.”

Charles Portis książka True Grit

Źródło: True Grit (1968), Chapter 5, p. 75 : thoughts of 'Mattie Ross'

“I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains.”

Charles Portis książka True Grit

Źródło: True Grit (1968), Chapter 3, p. 59 : 'Mattie Ross,' refusing 'Rooster Cogburn's' offer of a drink of whiskey

“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.”

Charles Portis książka True Grit

Źródło: True Grit (1968), Chapter 3, p. 37 : thoughts of 'Mattie Ross'

“Nothing I like to do pays well.”

Charles Portis książka True Grit

Źródło: True Grit (1968), Chapter 6, p. 141 : 'Rooster Cogburn' to 'Mattie Ross'

“Lookin' back is a bad habit.”

Charles Portis książka True Grit

Źródło: True Grit

“I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?”

Charles Portis książka True Grit

Źródło: True Grit (1968), Chapter 6, p. 167 : thoughts of 'Mattie Ross'

“Time just gets away from us.”

Charles Portis książka True Grit

Źródło: True Grit (1968), Chapter 7, p. 215 : thoughts of 'Mattie Ross'

“You do not think much of me, do you, Cogburn?
I don't think about you at all when your mouth is closed.”

Charles Portis książka True Grit

Źródło: True Grit (1968), Chapter 6, p. 151 : exchange between 'LaBoeuf' and 'Rooster Cogburn'

“The wicked flee when none pursueth.”

Charles Portis książka True Grit

Źródło: True Grit

“We must each of us bear our own misfortunes.”

Charles Portis książka True Grit

Źródło: True Grit (1968), Chapter 3, p. 32 : 'Colonel Stonehill'

“As he drank, little brown drops of coffee clung to his mustache like dew. Men will live like billy goats if they are let alone.”

Charles Portis książka True Grit

Źródło: True Grit (1968), Chapter 5, p. 78 : thoughts of 'Mattie Ross'

“If in four months I could not find Tom Chaney with a mark on his face like banished Cain I would not undertake to advise others how to do it.”

Charles Portis książka True Grit

Źródło: True Grit (1968), Chapter 4, p. 72 : 'Mattie Ross' to 'LaBoeuf'

“I have never been one to flinch or crawfish when faced with an unpleasant task.”

Charles Portis książka True Grit

Źródło: True Grit (1968), Chapter 2, p. 20 : thoughts of 'Mattie Ross'

“Most girls like play pretties, but you like guns, don’t you?
I don't care a thing in the world about guns. If I did I would have one that worked.”

Charles Portis książka True Grit

Źródło: True Grit (1968), Chapter 7, p. 178 : exchange between 'Lucky Ned Pepper' and 'Mattie Ross'

“My life is over, for all practical purposes. I no longer have enough money to keep a women.”

Charles Portis książka True Grit

Emmett, from Gringos
True Grit (1968)