In Cold Blood Quotes

The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of Western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call "out there." […] Not that there's much to see—simply an aimless congregation of...

He did not smoke, and of course he did not drink; indeed, he had never tasted spirits, and was inclined to avoid people who had—a circumstance that did not shrink his social circle as much as mig...

[…] since his wife's illness and the departure of his older daughters, Mr. Clutter had of necessity learned to cook […]. Mr. Clutter enjoyed the chore, and was excellent at it—no woman in Kan...

"I just love her to death. Well, everyone does. Do you know what Mrs. Stringer says?" said Jolene, naming her home economics teacher. "One day she told the class, 'Nancy Clutter is always in a hurr...

The eldest daughter, Eveanna, […] lived in northern Illinois but visited frequently. Indeed, she and her family were expected within the fortnight, for her parents planned a sizable Thanksgiving...

." . . my first thought was Bonnie. Course it was silly, but we didn't know the facts, and a lot of people thought maybe, on account of her spells." (1.256).

She was "nervous," she suffered "little spells"—such were the sheltering expressions used by those close to her. Not that the truth concerning "poor Bonnie's afflictions" was in the least a secre...

Always certain of what he wanted from the world, Mr. Clutter had in large measure obtained it. On his left hand […] he wore a plain gold band […] which was the symbol, a quarter-century old, of...