Quotations (15)

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"His manner was stuck-up and he had a smug grin that made you nervous when he turned it on you." (about LaBoeuf)
"That was his cur nature, to change from a whining baby to a vicious bully as circumstances permitted." (about Tom Chaney)
"See that you mend your ways, boy, or I will come back some dark night and cut off your head and let the crows peck your eyeballs out." -Rooster Cogburn
“People do not give it credence that a fourteen-year-old girl could leave home and go off in the wintertime to avenge her father's blood but it did not seem so strange then, although I will say it did not happen every day. I was just…
“Rooster said, "Fill your hand, you son of a bitch!" and he took the reins in his teeth and pulled the other saddle revolver and drove his spurs into the flanks of his strong horse Bo and charged directly at the bandits. It was a sight to…
“You can expect that out of Federal people and to make it worse this was a Republican gang that cared nothing for the opinion of the good people of Arkansas who are Democrats.”
“I will go further and say all cats are wicked, though often useful”
“That's bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.” Mattie Ross
"Men will live like billy goats if they are let alone.” Mattie Ross
"I always go backwards when I am backing up.” Rooster Cogburn
“I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance.” Mattie Ross
“There is no knowing what is in a man's heart.”
“If you want anything done right you will have to see to it yourself every time.” Mattie Ross
"People do not give it credence that a fourteen-year-old girl could leave home and go off in the wintertime to avenge her father's blood but it did not seem so strange then, although I will say it did not happen every day."
Mattie - "Why did he shoot the dog?" LaBoeuf - "I don't know that. Just meanness. Chelmsford is a hard case. He claims the dog barked at him. I don't know if he did or not."