You cold or something?' he said. She strained against him; she wanted to pass clear through him: 'It's a chill, it's nothing'; and then, pushing a little away: 'Say you love me.'

I said it.'

No, oh no. You haven't. I was listening. And you never do.'

Well, give me time.'

Please.'

He sat up and glanced at a clock across the room. It was after five. Then decisively he pulled off his windbreaker and began to unlace his shoes.

Aren't you going to, Clyde?'

He grinned back at her. 'Yeah, I'm going to.'

I don't mean that; and what's more, I don't like it: you sound as though you were talking to a whore.'

Come off it, honey. You didn't drag me up here to tell you about love.'

You disgust me,' she said.

Listen to her! She's sore!'

A silence followed that circulated like an aggrieved bird. Clyde said, 'You want to hit me, huh? I kind of like you when you're sore: that's the kind of girl you are,' which made Grady light in his arms when he lifted and kissed her. 'You still want me to say it?' Her head slumped on his shoulder. 'Because I will,' he said, fooling his fingers in her hair. 'Take off your clothes--and I'll tell it to you good.


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Mother considered a press conference on a par with a visit to a cage of cobras.
MARGARET TRUMAN
He was prouder still to be a member of that even more restricted group, Uncle Sam Rayburn's Board of...
MARGARET TRUMAN
He loved politicians - even Republicans.
MARGARET TRUMAN
He took pride in belonging to the world's most exclusive club: the United States Senate.
MARGARET TRUMAN
I doubt if there is any problem in the world today - social, political or economic - that would not ...
HARRY TRUMAN
The fundamental basis of this nation’s laws was given to Moses on the Mount…If we don’t have a...
HARRY TRUMAN
The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know.
HARRY TRUMAN
Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.
HARRY TRUMAN
Republicans don't like people to talk about depressions. You can hardly blame them for that. You rem...
HARRY TRUMAN
The Republicans believe in the minimum wage -- the more the minimum, the better.
HARRY TRUMAN
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a Republican. But I repeat myself.
HARRY TRUMAN
Republicans approve of the American farmer, but they are willing to help him go broke. They stand fo...
HARRY TRUMAN
It looks like you're going to have to put up with us for another four years.
BESS TRUMAN
I won't lock my doors or bar them either if any of the old coots in the pictures out in the hall...
BESS TRUMAN
It's nice to win.
BESS TRUMAN
I'm no different from anybody else. If I don't have a card, I can't check out these book...
BESS TRUMAN
A woman's place in public is to sit beside her husband, be silent, and be sure her hat is on str...
BESS TRUMAN
I've liked lots of people 'til I went on a picnic jaunt with them.
BESS TRUMAN
Brave men don't belong to any one country. I respect bravery wherever I see it.
HARRY TRUMAN
It's only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your own ho...
MARGARET TRUMAN
It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose your own.
HARRY TRUMAN
They caught us easing up. We got careless just long enough for them to take advantage within the 18-...
JENNIFER TRUMAN
Ariel took a lot of shots from all over the field. She was bound to find an opening for the goal.
JENNIFER TRUMAN
All three girls play hard. The three of them are playing in such a great rhythm, not just between ea...
JENNIFER TRUMAN
The boys went to Burger King and got him some of those crowns.
JENNIFER TRUMAN
We have a very strong defense, and do a good job of frustrating opponents.
JENNIFER TRUMAN
We had a game the night before and I think the kids may have been tired. We didn't play well, and wi...
JENNIFER TRUMAN
I don't know what happened over the span of the 10-minute halftime. It was like I had put 11 differe...
JENNIFER TRUMAN
The girls just couldn't seem to get past the mud. The mud stopped every shot cold.
JENNIFER TRUMAN
It's been very frustrating having to delay putting the pieces together prior to league because of th...
JENNIFER TRUMAN
It's disappointing on one hand that there may never be a state championship. In our section we get t...
JENNIFER TRUMAN
Not all readers become leaders, but all leaders must be readers.
HARRY TRUMAN
A person who is fundamentally honest doesn't need a code of ethics. The Ten Commandments and the Ser...
HARRY TRUMAN
The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.
HARRY S TRUMAN
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
HARRY S TRUMAN
When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
HARRY S TRUMAN
The buck stops here!
HARRY S TRUMAN
Ive said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representativ...
HARRY S TRUMAN
People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo.
HARRY S TRUMAN
They said we were soft, that we would not fight, that we could not win. We are not a warlike nation....
HARRY S TRUMAN
I got very well acquainted with Joe Stalin, and I like old Joe! He is a decent fellow. But Joe is a ...
HARRY S TRUMAN
The Buck Stops Here
HARRY S TRUMAN
Shortly after I was elected, in Nineteen Hundred and Forty-eight, I made up my mind that I would not...
HARRY S TRUMAN
Whenever the press quits abusing me I know Im in the wrong pew. I dont mind it because when they thr...
HARRY S TRUMAN
The legislative job of the President is especially important to the people who have no special repre...
HARRY S TRUMAN
When contemplating General Eisenhower winning the Presidential election, Truman said, Hell sit here,...
HARRY S TRUMAN
You know, the greatest epitaph in the country is here in Arizona. Its in Tombstone, Ariz. , and this...
HARRY S TRUMAN
There has been a lot of talk lately about the burdens of the Presidency. Decisions that the Presiden...
HARRY S TRUMAN
Politics is a fascinating game, because politics is government. It is the art of government.
HARRY S TRUMAN
Im proud that Im a politician. A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a poli...
HARRY S TRUMAN
On May 14 I was informed that the Provisional Government of Israel was planning to proclaim a Jewish...
HARRY S TRUMAN
A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.
HARRY S TRUMAN
Whenever you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
HARRY S TRUMAN
You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cann...
HARRY S TRUMAN
Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
I never give them hell; I just tell them the truth and they think it is hell.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
Start slow and taper off.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
That government is best which governs least.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
I'm proud that I'm a politician. A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a po...
HARRY S. TRUMAN
It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's v...
HARRY S. TRUMAN
Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima.... The force from which the su...
HARRY S. TRUMAN
All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.
HARRY S TRUMAN