James M. Cain · 116 pages
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“Love, when you get fear in it, it's not love any more. It's hate.”
― James M. Cain, quote from The Postman Always Rings Twice
“Stealing a man's wife, that's nothing, but stealing his car, that's larceny.”
― James M. Cain, quote from The Postman Always Rings Twice
“I kissed her. Her eyes were shining up at me like two blue stars. It was like being in church.”
― James M. Cain, quote from The Postman Always Rings Twice
“They threw me off the haytruck about noon.”
― James M. Cain, quote from The Postman Always Rings Twice
“I ripped all her clothes off. She twisted and turned, slow, so they would slip out from under her. Then she closed her eyes and lay back on the pillow. Her hair was falling over her shoulders in snaky curls. Her eye was all black, and her breasts weren’t drawn up and pointing up at me, but soft, and spread out in two big pink splotches. She looked like the great grandmother of every whore in the world. The devil got his money’s worth that night.”
― James M. Cain, quote from The Postman Always Rings Twice
“Tomorrow night, if I come back, there'll be kisses. Lovely ones, Frank. Not drunken kisses. Kisses with dreams in them. Kisses that come from life, not death.”
― James M. Cain, quote from The Postman Always Rings Twice
“O.K."
"Gee I'm glad."
"Me too. I'm so sick of hot dogs and beer and apple pie with cheese on the side I could heave it all in the river."
"You'll love it, Frank. We'll get a place up in the mountains, where it's cool, and then, after I get my act ready, we can go all over the world with it. Go as we please, do as we please, and have plenty of money to spend. Have you got a little bit of gypsy in you?"
"Gypsy? I had rings in my ears when I was born.”
― James M. Cain, quote from The Postman Always Rings Twice
“She looked like the great grandmother of every whore in the world. The devil got his money's worth that night.”
― James M. Cain, quote from The Postman Always Rings Twice
“We’re just two punks, Frank. God kissed us on the brow that night. He gave us all that two people can ever have and we just weren’t the kind that could have it. [I]t’s a big airplane engine, that takes you through the sky, right up to the top of the mountain. But when you put it in a Ford, it just shakes it to pieces. That’s what we are, Frank, a couple of Fords.”
― James M. Cain, quote from The Postman Always Rings Twice
“I bit her. I sunk my teeth into her lips so deep I could feel the blood spurt into my mouth. It was running down her neck when I carried her upstairs.”
― James M. Cain, quote from The Postman Always Rings Twice
“En realidad, lo único que quise en este mundo fue a ella. Pero eso es bastante. No creo que muchas mujeres consigan ni siquiera eso.”
― James M. Cain, quote from The Postman Always Rings Twice
“And Sackett had started in howling for blood. He wanted the death penalty. Oh, he’s a blood-thirsty lad, Sackett is. That’s why it stimulates me to work against him. He really believes hanging them does some good. You’re playing for stakes when you’re playing against Sackett.”
― James M. Cain, quote from The Postman Always Rings Twice
James M. Cain
Born place: in Annapolis, Maryland, The United States
Born date July 1, 1892
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“إن حقيقة أن الرأسمالي رقم (1) يملك النقود وأنه يشتري وسائل الإنتاج من الرأسمالي رقم (2) الذي يملكها، في حين أن العامل يشتري وسائل عيشه من الرأسمالي رقم (3) بالنقود التي حصل عليها من الرأسمالي رقم (2) لا يغير في شيء من الوضع الجوهري المتمثل في أن الرأسماليين (1) و(2) و(3)، هم، معًا، مالكون حصريون للنقود ووسائل الإنتاج والعيش. إن الإنسان لا يستطيع أن يعيش إلا بأن ينتج وسائل عيشه الخاصة، ولا يمكن له أن ينتجها إلا إذا كان يمتلك وسائل الإنتاج؛ الشروط الشيئية للعمل. ومن الجلي منذ البداية أن العامل المجرد من وسائل الإنتاج هو محروم من وسائل العيش أصلًا، مثلما أن الإنسان المحروم، على العكس، من وسائل العيش، ليس في وضع يؤهله لخلق وسائل إنتاج. وهكذا، حتى في العملية الأولى، فإن ما يسم النقود والسلع بميسم رأسمال، منذ البداية، حتى قبل أن يتم تحويلها فعليًا إلى رأسمال، ليس طبيعتها النقدية ولا طبيعتها السلعية، ولا القيمة الاستعمالية، المادية، لهذه السلع كوسائل إنتاج أو وسائل عيش، بل الظرف الذي يجعل هذه النقود وهذه السلع، وسائل الإنتاج هذه ووسائل العيش هذه، تواجه قدرة العمل، المحرومة من كل ثروة مادية، كقوى ذاتية مستقلة، مجسدة كأشخاص في إهاب مالكيها. إن الشروط الشيئية الضرورية لتحقيق العمل مغَّربة عن العامل، وتتجلى كأصنام حُبيت بإرادة وروح من عندها. وباختصار تظهر السلع كشارٍ للأشخاص. فشاري قدرة العمل ليس سوى تجسيد في صورة شخص للعمل المتشيئ الذي يكرس جزءً من نفسه إلى العامل في شكل وسائل عيش كما يٌلحق قدرة العمل الحي لصالح الجزء المتبقي منه، ويُبقي نفسه سليمًا بل حتى أن ينمو متجاوزًا حجمه الأصلي بفضل هذا الإلحاق. ليس العامل هو من يشتري وسائل الإنتاج والعيش، بل وسائل العيش هي من يشتري العامل بغية دمجه في وسائل الإنتاج.”
― Karl Marx, quote from Capital
“You weren’t worried about sleeping beside Aria when she still despised you so why should I?”
“You can’t compare Aria to Gianna. They are like two different species. And I trust Aria absolutely. She caught a fucking bullet for me.”
“Must be nice,” I muttered. “Gianna would probably applaud my shooter.”
― Cora Reilly, quote from Bound by Hatred
“In that moment, lying there on the floor in agony, he realized that was why his feelings for Liv had so drastically changed. Earlier, she had actually gotten up and attacked one of the men, trying to protect him. Him. A complete bastard who never did anything for anyone.”
― Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, quote from Mermen
“You can fall in love and make love many times but there is only one bullet with your name etched on the side. And if you are lucky enough to be shot with that bullet then the wound never heals.”
― Michael Connelly, quote from Lost Light
“Evil is at its boldest when it walks an unerring path.”
― Steven Erikson, quote from Forge of Darkness
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