Charles Portis Quotes

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

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

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

If I had received good instruction as a child I would be with my family today and at peace with my neighbors. I hope and pray that all you parents in the sound of my voice will train up your children in the way they should go.

You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace of God. You cannot earn that or deserve it.

I will go further and say all cats are wicked, though often useful. Who has not seen Satan in their sly faces? Some preachers will say, well, that is superstitious "claptrap." My answer is this: Preacher, go to your Bible and read Luke 8: 26-33

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

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

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

I confess [Election] is a hard doctrine, running contrary to our earthly ideas of fair play, but I can see no way around it. Read I Corinthians 6:13 and II Timothy 1:9,10. Also I Peter 1:2,19,20 and Romans 11:7. There you have it. It was good for Paul and Silas and it is good enough for me. It is good enough for you too.