Charles Portis Quote

I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?


Chapter 6, p. 167 : thoughts of 'Mattie Ross' - True Grit (1968)


I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?

I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?

I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?

I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?