I thought, When a man is properly drunk it is as though he is an a room by himself--there is a physical, impenetrable separation between him and his fellows. Patrick deWitt More Quotes by Patrick deWitt More Quotes From Patrick deWitt He only wished to fight and cultivate an anger toward me, thus alleviating his guilt, but I would not abet him in this. Patrick deWitt abetfightingguilt Returning his pen to its holder, he told us, 'I will have him gutted with that scythe. I will hang him by his own intestines.' At this piece of dramatic exposition, I could not hep but roll my eyes. A length of intestines would not carry the weight of a child, much less a full grown man. Patrick deWitt eyemenchildren This perhaps was what lay at the root of the hysteria surrounding what came to be known as the Gold Rush: Men desiring a feeling of fortune; the unlucky masses hoping to skin or borrow the luck of others, or the luck of a destination. A seductive notion, and one I thought to be wary of. To me, luck was something you either earned or invented through strength of character. You had to come by it honestly; you could not trick or bluff your way into it. Patrick deWitt rootscharactermen 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 blowheartmen ...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 welcometransformationtowns ...things I had come to find humor in would make your honest man swoon. Patrick deWitt honest-manhonestmen 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 laughterheartwater He is not bad, I don't think. Perhaps he is simply too lazy to be good. Patrick deWitt lazybe-goodthinking Where is your mother, Charlie asked. Dead. I’m sorry to hear that Thank you. But she was always dead. Patrick deWitt charliemothersorry Most people are chained to their own fear and stupidity and haven’t the sense to level a cold eye at just what is wrong with their lives. Most people will continue on, dissatisfied but never attempting to understand why, or how they might change things for the better, and they die with nothing in their hearts but dirt and old, thin blood - weak blood, diluted - and their memories aren’t worth a goddamned thing. Patrick deWitt eyeheartmemories Here is another miserable mental image I will have to catalog and make room for. Patrick deWitt miserablerooms 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 dollarshundredsaid Why were you feeling low? Why does anyone? It creeps up on you from time to time. Patrick deWitt doefeelingslows I will admit he is unusual, but that is perhaps the closest I could come to complimenting him. Patrick deWitt unusualclosestcompliment I carry a small spiral notebook with me at all times and have been doing this for many years. There's a shoe box in my closet filled with these notebooks, each riddled with notes and impressions, ideas, schemes, and soup recipes. Patrick deWitt doingsmallmeideas I think of myself as somebody who, in a moment-to-moment way, I'm quite happy. But I think I am a bit doubtful and wary of true happiness, and, like a lot of my friends, there's been a good degree of self-sabotage. Patrick deWitt i-amgoodmyselfhappiness Lies can be wonderful things, and when a lie is told artfully, if it's done with a degree of craftsmanship, I can't help but admire the liar. Patrick deWitt liarlieadmiredone I am a bit prudish, I think. It's hard for me to write about sex, and I don't really care to read about it, either. Patrick deWitt i-ammecaresex I am increasingly unimpressed by works of art that require a college degree to understand. I think that art should be for everyone. And people should be moved by it. Patrick deWitt i-amthinkpeopleart Looking around, I saw so many unhappy adults, people who loathed their jobs, and I didn't want to be one of them. Patrick deWitt lookingunhappywantpeople
