“Don't flang him off the bluff, boys. Tain't christian.”

—  Cormac McCarthy, book Outer Dark

Outer Dark (1968)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update May 22, 2020. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Don't flang him off the bluff, boys. Tain't christian." by Cormac McCarthy?
Cormac McCarthy photo
Cormac McCarthy270
American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter 1933

Related quotes

“You don't need to show off your body to catch a boy's eye. You'd best learn that early on, or you'll be bringing home the worst sort of boy.”

Danielle Steel (1947) American author of romance novels

Richard Dawkins photo

“Don't call him "clock boy" since he never made a clock. Hoax Boy, having hoaxed his way into the White House, now wants $15M in addition!”

Richard Dawkins (1941) English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

@RichardDawkins https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins/status/669098728662409216 () <br class="br">Regarding the Ahmed Mohamed clock incident. <br class="br">Twitter

Thomas Arnold photo

“My object will be, if possible, to form Christian men, for Christian boys I can scarcely hope to make.”

Thomas Arnold (1795–1842) English headmaster of Rugby School

Letter accepting appointment as headmaster of Rugby; in Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

Ben Croshaw photo

“When she meets a powerful man she's more likely to try and blow him away than blow him off. Stop that erection right now, you sick, sick boy. Stop it! Concentrate, that's how!”

Ben Croshaw (1983) English video game journalist

Why it would kick arse to be Lara Croft http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/essays/lara.htm <br class="br">Fully Ramblomatic, Essays

John Dryden photo

“Give, you gods,
Give to your boy, your Caesar,
The rattle of a globe to play withal,
This gewgaw world, and put him cheaply off;
I'll not be pleased with less than Cleopatra.”

John Dryden All for Love

Act II, scene II
All for Love (1678)

Anthony Burgess photo

“There was a silence. Outside, and most unfortunately, a boy could be heard calling to another boy: ‘Piss off, Cowie.’ Stern looks were fixed on Woolton.”

Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) English writer

Fiction, The Worm and the Ring (1960)

Malorie Blackman photo

“Boys don't cry, but men do.”

Malorie Blackman book Boys Don't Cry

Source: Boys Don't Cry

Suzanne Collins photo

“I don't want to lose the boy with the bread.”

Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games

Variant: I have kept track of the boy with the bread.
Source: The Hunger Games

Rick Riordan photo

“Don't worry, goat boy. The milkman is dead.”

Rick Riordan book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

Chuck Palahniuk photo

“The little boy smiled back at all the angry faces glaring in at him. And the little boy blew kisses.”

Chuck Palahniuk book Choke

Source: Choke

Related topics