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Louis Bayard Quotes

I'm a man of a certain age - old enough to have been every kind of fool- and I find to my surprise that the only counsel I have to pass on is this: Never let your name be found in a dead man's trousers.

I'm a man of a certain age - old enough to have been every kind of fool- and I find to my surprise that the only counsel I have to pass on is this: Never let your name be found in a dead man's trousers.

Louis Bayard
Men, Names, Age
Louis Bayard (2009). “The Black Tower: A Novel”, p.5, Harper Collins

I'm a solitary sort, I get chaffed by too many elbows.

Louis Bayard
Elbows, Solitary
Louis Bayard (2009). “The Pale Blue Eye: A Novel”, p.36, Harper Collins

Well, as to that, all I'll say is, you can't take out a fellow's heart before he's ready to give it up.

Louis Bayard
Heart, Giving, Wells

Here was the thing about traveling down an uncharted river: You could only say how long you'd been traveling; you could never say how long it would be.

Louis Bayard
Rivers, Long, Would Be
Louis Bayard (2014). “Roosevelt's Beast: A Novel”, p.34, Henry Holt and Company

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