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He is not bad, I don't think. Perhaps he is simply too lazy to be good.

He is not bad, I don't think. Perhaps he is simply too lazy to be good.

Patrick deWitt
Thinking, Lazy, Be Good
Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.43, Granta Books

Why were you feeling low? Why does anyone? It creeps up on you from time to time.

Patrick deWitt
Feelings, Doe, Lows
Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.86, Granta Books

Do you know how much a hundred dollars is?' he asked. I said that I did not and he answered, 'It is a hundred dollars.

Patrick deWitt
Dollars, Hundred, Said
Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.75, Granta Books

Your laughter is like cool water to me," I said. I felt my heart sob at these strange words, and it would not have been hard to summon tears: Strange. " "You are so serious all of a sudden," she told me. "I am not any one thing," I said. (137)

Patrick deWitt
Laughter, Heart, Water

...things I had come to find humor in would make your honest man swoon.

Patrick deWitt
Men, Honest, Honest Man
Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.134, Granta Books

Work will drive you crazy if you let it.

Patrick deWitt
Crazy, Ifs

Mayfield said, "You asked what I was thinking. Well, I will tell you. I was thinking that a man like myself, after suffering such a blow as you men have struck on this day, has two distinct paths he might travel in his life. He might walk out into the world with a wounded heart, intent on sharing his mad hatred with every person he passes; or, he might start out anew with an empty heart, and he should take care to fill it up with only proud things from then on, so as to nourish his desolate mind-set and cultivate something positive or new.

Patrick deWitt
Heart, Blow, Men
Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.105, Granta Books

Where is your mother, Charlie asked. Dead. I’m sorry to hear that Thank you. But she was always dead.

Patrick deWitt
Mother, Sorry, Charlie
Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.62, Granta Books

I do not know what it was about that boy but just looking at him, even I wanted to clout him on the head. It was a head that invited violence.

Patrick deWitt
Boys, Violence, Clout
Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.72, Granta Books

...I am happy to welcome you to a town peopled in morons exclusively. Furthermore, I hope that your transformation to moron is not an unpleasant experience.

Patrick deWitt
Towns, Welcome, Transformation
Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.112, Granta Books

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