Shifty’s Boys Quotes

“It’s how we communicated.’ ‘I like old-fashioned language.’ ‘With cussing,’ he said. ‘Fuck, yeah. Cussing makes you live longer. Did you know that? It gets shit out of your system.”
― Chris Offutt, Shifty’s Boys

“Encountering Mick playing with a Slinky was a sight as shocking as seeing his dying uncle.”
― Chris Offutt, Shifty’s Boys

“He decided to try television, but it was all sex and zombies, serial killers and sad cops. The comedies weren’t funny.”
― Chris Offutt, Shifty’s Boys