Quotes Flashcards
(26 cards)
We were a ______. We were only ______ of ______. ______ takes away what you are.
We were a plague. We were only rats of people. Hunger takes away what you are.
– Thomas McNulty
Harry ______ says he saw a ______ do it and can point out his ______ maybe.
Harry Sarjohn says he saw a trooper do it and can point out his face maybe.
– Unspecified character in a report
We don’t lack the ______ to get us ______.
We don’t lack the dollars to get us home.
– John Cole
Free like a ______ ______.
Free like a mourning dove.
– Thomas McNulty
The whole way ______ with the ______ of ______ and ______.
The whole way sparkles with the beauty of woods and fields.
– Thomas McNulty
There is a ______ in it all that betokens a kind of ______ ______.
There is a craziness in it all that betokens a kind of delicious freedom.
– Thomas McNulty
______ of the gentler ______.
Illusion of the gentler sex.
– Description of Thomasina’s effect on the miners
Every one of them would like to ______ ______.
Every one of them would like to touch me.
– Thomas McNulty, referring to the audience of the dumb show
There is a ______ ______ in their ______.
There is a sweet thing in their love.
– (Parallels drawn to Sive)
______ without ______ of our lives.
Days without end of our lives.
– Thomas McNulty and John Cole, referring to their life together
- preacher.
Half-blind preacher.
– Description of the preacher who marries Thomas and John
Sacramento is ______ ______ … it’s the ______ of ______.
Sacramento is soul killing … it’s the Midwest of California.
– Lady Bird
People that talk about ______ ______ have clearly never spent a ______ in ______.
People that talk about Californian hedonism have clearly never spent a Christmas in Sacramento.
– Lady Bird
The ______ side of the ______.
The wrong side of the tracks.
– Lady Bird, referring to her financial situation
Hi, ______ and ______, it’s me, ______. It’s the ______ you gave me. It’s a ______ one.
Hi, Mom and Dad, it’s me, Christine. It’s the name you gave me. It’s a good one.
– Lady Bird
You’re gonna have so much ______ ______ in your life.
You’re gonna have so much unspecial sex in your life.
– Kyle
He made a ______ ______ at me! He nearly tore the ______ off me.
He made a mad dive at me! He nearly tore the coat off me.
– Mike Glavin, describing Seán Dóta
As ______ as the ______.
As old as the hills.
– Description of Seán Dóta
Might be anything from ______ to ______.
Might be anything from 55 to 80.
– Description of Seán Dóta
______ and ______.
Tired and dispirited.
– Description of Sive before her death
______ slowly.
Walking slowly.
– Stage directions describing Sive
There is a ______ ______ in their ______.
There is a sweet thing in their love.
– Nanna, referring to Sive and Liam Scuab
I would marry ______ but you, ______, I ______ you.
I would marry nobody but you, Sive, I love you.
– Liam Scuab
______-looking and ______, his voice ______ and ______.
Good-looking and manly, his voice cultured and refined.
– Description of Liam Scuab
