Quotes from Bloody Jack

L.A. Meyer ·  304 pages

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“What's the matter Jaimy? Ain't-cha never seen a girl before?
-Jacky Faber”
― L.A. Meyer, quote from Bloody Jack


“We're allowed to do anything in this world until someone says we ain't allowed and that someone can back it up.”
― L.A. Meyer, quote from Bloody Jack


“If I take a tumble, I'll mae quite a splash, but at least I won't smash against the deck and make a mess. Still be dead, though.”
― L.A. Meyer, quote from Bloody Jack


“It's easier bein' a boy, 'cause when someone needs somethin' done like holdin' a horse, they'll always pick a boy 'cause they think the dumbest boy will be better at it than the brightest girl, which is stupid, but there you are.”
― L.A. Meyer, quote from Bloody Jack


“Davy lets fly an oath and storms out of the hold. We hear his fist hit the wall as he leaves.
you really are an evil girl, says Jaimy.
I know, I murmur. I shall have to pay.”
― L.A. Meyer, quote from Bloody Jack



“I have resolved that each morning when I wake up from now on, I will take three long breaths and think about each of them as I draw them in and let them out, and I will remember that time at the end of that rope when I could not draw such breaths. And then I will look at the blue veins in my wrists and will know that my blood is running through them, and for that I will be grateful. Amen. The”
― L.A. Meyer, quote from Bloody Jack


“It was enough to get along on till somethin’ better come along, but what come along was Death and nothin’ better. Maybe”
― L.A. Meyer, quote from Bloody Jack


“Love is gentle and love is kind, The sweetest flower when first it’s new, But love grows old, And waxes cold, And fades away, like the morning dew   Pretty”
― L.A. Meyer, quote from Bloody Jack


About the author

L.A. Meyer
Born place: in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, The United States
Born date January 1, 1942
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