The Day Kathy Died Quotes

“So you say. I gotta say, you’ve got a better imagination than most of the low-lifes who come through here. Too bad you didn’t get to Hollywood and put some of it on paper.”
― Bobby Underwood, The Day Kathy Died

“It took a second to register, but even a schmuck like me sees a paper once in a while.”
― Bobby Underwood, The Day Kathy Died

“Having a gun nearby is something I’d got used to during the war, and I couldn’t break the habit. I’d heard from a guy I’d served with who lived in Los Angeles now, that Audie Murphy slept with one under his pillow. I didn’t have as many medals for my trouble as Audie had, but I slept with mine, too.”
― Bobby Underwood, The Day Kathy Died

“I was an okay looking guy when I cleaned up, but I hadn’t shaved in a couple of days, and my clothes were strictly bargain basement — Salvation Army hand-me-downs. She was either the nicest girl in the entire world, or the loopiest”
― Bobby Underwood, The Day Kathy Died

“You see, here’s my problem. You got a look. I saw that look on a lot of guys during the war. A lot of ‘em had trouble after they came back. But they weren’t killers, not this kind anyway. So, I’ll listen, and then I’ll tell you whether I’ll do it or not.”
― Bobby Underwood, The Day Kathy Died

“A man’s nothing in this cockeyed world but his word, especially a guy like me, with no job and no prospects. I was a hitchhiker who’d thumbed his last ride. But I had to keep my word to Kathy, even if I had to fry for it.”
― Bobby Underwood, The Day Kathy Died