Charles Portis Quote

I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance. They say I love nothing but money and the Presbyterian Church and that is why I never married.


Chapter 7, pp. 214-215 : thoughts of 'Mattie Ross' - True Grit (1968)


I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance. They say I...

I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance. They say I...

I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance. They say I...

I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance. They say I...