Minnesota Strip Quotes

“The corruption, self-interest, cynicism and exploitation can become too much for some people. A disillusioned soldier in Vietnam and his socially conscious wife. A boy who worshipped that soldier, blamed his death on the exploitation of the rich and powerful. A half-Irish, half-Italian street hustler who identified with the dispossessed Indians. A privileged girl who saw too much pain and injustice. They have to do something, and then they become dangerous. Very dangerous.”
― Michael Collins, Minnesota Strip

“He turned the brown bottle around and around, but he said nothing.”
― Michael Collins, Minnesota Strip

“He set the brown bottle on the table, went on touching it, stroking the surface. "I”
― Michael Collins, Minnesota Strip

“sat on the porch, lit a cigarette cupped against the wind and watched the silvery reeds blowing flat along the creek inlet, undulating like the surge of the sea itself, the surface of the inlet rippling in the wind.”
― Michael Collins, Minnesota Strip