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Jim Thompson Quotes: If the Good Lord made a mistake in us people it was in making us want to live when we’ve got the least excuse for it.
         

If the Good Lord made a mistake in us people it was in making us want to live when we’ve got the least excuse for it.


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When life attains a crisis, man’s focus narrows. […] The world becomes a stage of immediate concern, swept free of illusion.



You've got forever; and somehow you can't do much with it. You've got forever; and it's a mile wide and an inch deep and full of alligators.

You've got forever; and somehow you can't do much with it. You've got forever; and it's a mile wide and an inch deep and full of alligators.



I'd been chasing females all my life, not paying no mind to the fact that whatever's got tail at one end has teeth at the other, and now I was getting chomped.

I'd been chasing females all my life, not paying no mind to the fact that whatever's got tail at one end has teeth at the other, and now I was getting chomped.



I found out long ago that the place where the law is apt to be abused the most is right around a courthouse.

I found out long ago that the place where the law is apt to be abused the most is right around a courthouse.



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A weed is a plant out of place.



I ain't saying you're a liar, because that wouldn't be polite. But I'll tell you this, ma'am. If I loved liars, I'd hug you to death.

I ain't saying you're a liar, because that wouldn't be polite. But I'll tell you this, ma'am. If I loved liars, I'd hug you to death.





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