Bart Hendricks > Bart's Quotes

“Did you learn to whisper in a saw mill?”
― Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

“A legion of horribles, hundreds in number...”
― Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

“Hack away..." the old man raised the axe and split the head of John Glannon to the thrapple.”
― Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West

“All the money anyone needs is just enough to prevent one from being a burden to others.”
― Bishop Wright (Wright Borther's father)

“The best dividends on labor invested have invariably come from seeking more knowledge rather than more power.”
― Wilbur Wright

“...had an erection with which you might have smashed coconuts.”
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Bluebeard

“In this plate of food, I see clearly the presence of the entire universe supporting my existence.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh

“She was a dull person, but a sensational invitation to make babies.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

“Lewis finds the fourteen-foot aluminum ladder under boxes in the garage, Three Stooges in into the backyard...”
― Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

“In a fight with Comanches, dismounting on open ground was like signing your own death warrant. Men on foot against mounted men moving 20-30 miles per hour who could shoot twelve arrows in the time it took to reload a rifle and fire it once was not a fair fight.”
― S.C. Gwynne, Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History

“I can just see the big phony bastard shifting into first gear and asking Jesus to send him a few more stiffs.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“Suave as hell, boy.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye