The Dime Quotes

“Texas…was evidently the only place in the known universe, including Louisiana, that actually got hotter after the sun went down.”
― Kathleen Kent, The Dime

“What's the difference between yogurt and Texas? The answer is "Yogurt's the one with the live culture.”
― Kathleen Kent, The Dime

“All we can do is add our light to the sum of the light.”
― Kathleen Kent, The Dime

“That’s the thing about cults,” Benny says. “They not only dig the ditch, they lie in it, cover themselves over with dirt, and then cry about how dark the world has gotten.”
― Kathleen Kent, The Dime

“Texans, I’ve found, will froth at the mouth when delayed thirty seconds at a red light but will wait an hour for three fried eggs and a minute steak.”
― Kathleen Kent, The Dime

“Fuel City Car Wash and Taco Stand Dallas, Texas Wednesday, August 17, 2011 I think that the Mexican waiter behind the breakfast counter is kidding about Fuel City. I tell him I’ve been in the Lone Star State for only forty-eight hours and he says that if I want to see the real Dallas—la verdadera ciudad, the Dallas of truck drivers, Mexican laborers, lawyers, parolees, and cops mixed elbow to elbow with white privileged gringas driving expensive SUVs—I need to drive farther south, past the city jail, the bail bondsmen, and the highway construction sites, to Riverfront Street. There I’ll find the beating heart of the city.”
― Kathleen Kent, The Dime

“I think that the Mexican waiter behind the breakfast counter is kidding about Fuel City. I tell him I’ve been in the Lone Star State for only forty-eight hours and he says that if I want to see the real Dallas—la verdadera ciudad, the Dallas of truck drivers, Mexican laborers, lawyers, parolees, and cops mixed elbow to elbow with white privileged gringas driving expensive SUVs—I need to drive farther south, past the city jail, the bail bondsmen, and the highway construction sites, to Riverfront Street. There I’ll find the beating heart of the city.”
― Kathleen Kent, The Dime

“A patient woman can roast an ox with a lantern. —Chinese proverb”
― Kathleen Kent, The Dime