ICB quotes Flashcards
He named it Red, and Red soon settled down, apparantly content to share his friend’s captivity
Perry, 255
This love and affection I had for him drained my heart like wasted water
Perry, 276
The history relating to extreme violence, where the fantasised, observed in reality, or actually experienced by the child
Perry,
But to keep in mind, it could be years before we catch them, they may have seperated or left the country. They may have gone to Alaska, not hard to get lost in Alaska. The longer they’re free, the less of a case we have
Dewey, 192
We never had much money, but we were nevery really down and out… we always had clean clothes and something to eat
Dick,
His smile was a skillful proposition
Perry (about Dick)
Three aspirin, cold root beer and a chain of Pall Mall cigarettes- that was his notion of a proper ‘chow-down’
Narration
I thought he was a very nice gentleman. Soft-spoken. Thought so right up to the moment I cut his throat
Perry
One afternoon the previous May, a month when the fields blaze with the green-gold fire of half-grown wheat…
Narration
Dick was sick of him- his harmonica, his aches and ills, his superstitions, the weepy, womanly eyes, the nagging, whispering voice. Suspicious, self-righteous, spiteful, he was like a wife that must be got rid of
Narration
The same childish feet, tilted, dangling
Narration (Perry)
The prisoner seemed disappointed, as though he thought the protocol surrounding this ritual of vengeance was not being properly observed
Narration (Dick)
A hated, hating half-breed child
Perry
