Quotes by : Charles Portis

I am ready. I have repented my sins and soon I will be in heaven with Christ my savior. Now I must die....

You are a pearl of great price to me, but there are times when you are an almighty trial to those who....

Idleness and solitude led to these dramatics: an ordinary turd indulging himself as the chief of sinners.....

I'm white and I don't dance, but that doesn't mean I have all the answers.

The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner.

If I had received good instruction as a child I would be with my family today and at peace with my neighbors.....

You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace....

I confess [Election] is a hard doctrine, running contrary to our earthly ideas of fair play, but I can....

Tom Chaney would pay for this! I would not rest easy until that Louisiana cur was roasting and screaming....

I will go further and say all cats are wicked, though often useful. Who has not seen Satan in their sly....