31 Quotes by Michael McDowell

You know what you should have done, added Luker, you should have ripped his balls off and stapled them to the back of his throat.

Southerners are an easygoing race when it comes to aberrations of conduct. They will react with anger if something out of the ordinary is presented as a possible future occurrence; but if an unusual circumstance is discovered to be an established fact, they will usually accept it without rancor or judgment as part of the normal order of things.

I had never liked my parents so much that I wished to be reminded of them every time I walked into a room. I.

She’s got manners, but what has she got in the way of morals?” “Oh,” said Luker blithely, “she and I don’t have any morals. We have to get along with a scruple or two.” “I.