255 Quotes by Patricia Highsmith

I know that Southern redhead type,” Bruno said, poking at his apple pie.

I got a theory a person ought to do everything it’s possible to do before he dies, and maybe die trying to do something that’s really impossible.

The train tore along with an angry, irregular rhythm.

An Italian woman came out of the house, wiping her hands on her apron.'Mr Greenleaf?' Tom asked hopefully.The woman gave him a long, smiling answer in Italian and pointed downward toward the sea. 'Jew,' she seemed to keep saying. 'Jew.

But Carol had not betrayed her. Carol loved her more than she loved her child. That was part of the reason why she had not promised.She was gambling now as she had gambled on getting everything from the detective that day on the road, and she lost then, too. And now she saw Carol's face changing, saw the little signs of astonishment and shock so subtle that perhaps only she in the world could have noticed them, and Therese could not think for a moment.

A terrible silence fell in the room. Bill Ireton looked suddenly sober as a trout.

I only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident.

Robert Walker as Bruno was excellent. He had elegance and humor, and the proper fondness for his mother

For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.