Gringos Quotes

“You're afraid of smart women, aren't you?'
She had used this ploy before, having heard via the female bush telegraph that it was unanswerable. She was right though. I was leery of them. Art and Mike said taking an intellectual woman into your home was like taking in a baby raccoon. They were both amusing for a while but soon became randomly vicious and learned how to open the refrigerator.”
― Charles Portis, Gringos

“You put things off and then one morning you wake up and say—today I will change the oil in my truck.”
― Charles Portis, Gringos

“Being a facetious person I got no credit for any depth of feeling.”
― Charles Portis, Gringos

“When you get right down to it everything is not a cube. You can look around and see that.”
― Charles Portis, Gringos

“She took him by the ears and blew into his nostrils to give him a start, then looked into his eyes to see what she had surprised there.”
― Charles Portis, Gringos

“bodega!”
― Charles Portis, Gringos: A Novel