True Grit quotes
48 total quotes"Rooster" Cogburn
Mattie Ross
Multiple Characters
Ned Pepper
Ranger La Boeuf
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Damn that Texican! When you need him, he's dead.
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I want Tom Chaney hanged for killing my father! It's little to me how many dogs and senators he's killed in Texas.
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LaBoeuf, if you get crosswise of me you'll think a ton of brick had fell on you! You'll wisht you was back at the Alamo with Travis!
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I never busted a cap on a woman or anybody much under sixteen. But it's enough that you know that I'll do what I have to do.
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I only take one step at a time. That's why I was given two feet.
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By God! That girl reminds me o' me!
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Those horses can't outrun Little Blackie! They're loaded down with fat men and iron!
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All the Parmalees is touched, but Harold's the worst… no, their Ma's the worst, then comes Harold's brother Farrell… but they're all good shots.
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We've got to get you to a doctor or you'll be deader than he is!
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It's a shame, a kid like Moon losing his leg. He's too young to be hoppin' around on a little peg. Loves to dance too much — and sports!
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I served under General Kirby Smith. And I don't have to hang my head when I say it.
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Most girls like little play-pretties. But you like guns, don't you?
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Ned doesn't go around killing people for no reason. Had he a reason, he'd kill them.
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Papa's marker is not what was ordered. I will make that wool-headed fool of a stone man change it.
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She draws him like a gun! (referring to Mattie's constant invocation of her lawyer's name)