Jim Thompson
Jim Thompson
gave months nine year
They gave him nine months to a year to live.
conditions instantly manual office run somebody test
We used to have to run somebody down there and do a manual test of the water. Now we can instantly see what the conditions are from the office while we're working on other things.
close fish lake swim
It's close enough to the lake that the fish don't have to swim far.
damage far greater
There's far greater damage here than just flooding.
composure courtney ellen girls help led maintained proud scores wood
The girls maintained their composure and that made the difference. I was very proud of Kyler and Wood as they led the way with scores of 41 and 42. We had help from Courtney Hinen and Ellen Hazelet with scores of 48 and 49.
weed plant
A weed is a plant out of place.
toilets paper wanted
If we all had what we wanted to eat... We'd have inflation in the toilet paper industry.
forever miles alligators
You've got forever; and somehow you can't do much with it. You've got forever; and it's a mile wide and an inch deep and full of alligators.
nice people trying
I told her the world was full of nice people. I'd have hated to try to prove it to her, but I said it, anyway.
mistake people want
If the Good Lord made a mistake in us people it was in making us want to live when we’ve got the least excuse for it.
writing plot things-are-not-what-they-seem
There is only one plot-things are not what they seem.
matter answers ifs
It doesn't matter what answers you get if you ask the wrong questions.
cutting men feet
You can't stamp on a man's corns when he's got his feet cut off.
girl running jobs
In lots of books I read, the writer seems to go haywire every time he reaches a high point. He’ll start leaving out punctuation and running his words together and babble about stars flashing and sinking into a deep dreamless sea. And you can’t figure out whether the hero’s laying his girl or a cornerstone. I guess that kind of crap is supposed to be pretty deep stuff—a lot of the book reviewers eat it up, I notice. But the way I see it is, the writer is just too goddam lazy to do his job. And I’m not lazy, whatever else I am. I’ll tell you everything.