Crimes in Southern Indiana Quotes

“Rusted ringer washers. Gas stoves. Dry rotted tires and busted television sets decorated the flat rock hollows. The country yards of rusted trailers and broken-down farmhouses with abandoned red clay tractors. Vehicles on cinder blocks. It was the poor man's fairy tale of rural survival.”
― Frank Bill, Crimes in Southern Indiana: Stories

“They’s evils in people that make little if any sense, and trying to figure them out does a person little to no good.”
― Frank Bill, Crimes in Southern Indiana: Stories

“Stanley questions Dr. Towell’s ability, asking questions like this. He’s in his doctor’s office. He is the doctor.”
― Frank Bill, Crimes in Southern Indiana: Stories

“Then, in the waiting area, seated next to him, an old raisin of a female says her sphincter muscle has been rebuilt three times. Looking at her he says, “Your asshole has been rebuilt three times?”
― Frank Bill, Crimes in Southern Indiana: Stories

“Signing in at the front desk, Stanley explains that he’s not bipolar or any other type of transgender.”
― Frank Bill, Crimes in Southern Indiana: Stories

“Everything a man survives in life is a lesson. Some lessons are taken, others are given.”
― Frank Bill, Crimes in Southern Indiana: Stories

“They's evil in people that make little if any sense, and trying to figure them out does a person little to no good.”
― Frank Bill, Crimes in Southern Indiana: Stories

“The woman's body bounced from wall to wall like a winning pinball. There were no electronic harmonies for high score. Just her thick pleas of sorry with no pity in reply. Just savagery.”
― Frank Bill, Crimes in Southern Indiana: Stories