Archie Goodwin ā€“ Character Quotes

8 quotes

— Intimate or not, youā€™ve known this girl for three years. Did she kill that man?
— Yes and no.
— That doesnā€™t help.
— Yes, chiefly because she asked me to come here, change my story and back hers up.
— I didnā€™t kill him!
— And the no is a little less direct you see, when a man gets a girl pregnant, her normal reaction is to make him marry her, not kill him. See, the thing she wants most is a father for the baby, and a dead one is no good.
— Thatā€™s silly, Iā€™m not pregnant. Thereā€™s only one way a girl can get pregnant, and it couldnā€™t have been that with me because itā€™s never happened.

- Intimate or not, youā€™ve known this girl for three years. Did she kill that man?
- Yes and no.
- That doesnā€™t help.
- Yes, chiefly because she asked me to come here, change my story and back hers up.
- I didnā€™t kill him!
- And the no is a little less direct you see, when a man gets a girl pregnant, her normal reaction is to make him marry her, not kill him. See, the thing she wants most is a father for the baby, and a dead one is no good.
- Thatā€™s silly, Iā€™m not pregnant. Thereā€™s only one way a girl can get pregnant, and it couldnā€™t have been that with me because itā€™s never happened.
- Intimate or not, youā€™ve known this girl for three years. Did she kill that man?
- Yes and no.
- That doesnā€™t help.
- Yes, chiefly because she asked me to come here, change my story and back hers up.
- I didnā€™t kill him!
- And the no is a little less direct you see, when a man gets a girl pregnant, her normal reaction is to make him marry her, not kill him. See, the thing she wants most is a father for the baby, and a dead one is no good.
- Thatā€™s silly, Iā€™m not pregnant. Thereā€™s only one way a girl can get pregnant, and it couldnā€™t have been that with me because itā€™s never happened.
- Intimate or not, youā€™ve known this girl for three years. Did she kill that man?
- Yes and no.
- That doesnā€™t help.
- Yes, chiefly because she asked me to come here, change my story and back hers up.
- I didnā€™t kill him!
- And the no is a little less direct you see, when a man gets a girl pregnant, her normal reaction is to make him marry her, not kill him. See, the thing she wants most is a father for the baby, and a dead one is no good.
- Thatā€™s silly, Iā€™m not pregnant. Thereā€™s only one way a girl can get pregnant, and it couldnā€™t have been that with me because itā€™s never happened.

— My god, wouldnā€™t it be wonderful if you just put your arms Around me and told me, "itā€™s all right, my darling. Iā€™ll take care of everything, leave it to me."
— Oh... Itā€™s all right, my darling, Iā€™ll take care of everything. Leave it to me. Now what?
— Why didnā€™t I get me a man? I couldā€™ve had a dozen, but no, I had to do it all by myself. And now here I am with a Jaguar and no man. How do you set fire to a car?
— Well, you, uh, pour gasoline all over it, you light a match, Toss it, and jump back real fast. You gotta be careful what you tell the insurance company, Or you might end up in the can.

- My god, wouldnā€™t it be wonderful if you just put your arms Around me and told me, "itā€™s all right, my darling. Iā€™ll take care of everything, leave it to me."
- Oh... Itā€™s all right, my darling, Iā€™ll take care of everything. Leave it to me. Now what?
- Why didnā€™t I get me a man? I couldā€™ve had a dozen, but no, I had to do it all by myself. And now here I am with a  Jaguar and no man. How do you set fire to a car?
- Well, you, uh, pour gasoline all over it, you light a match, Toss it, and jump back real fast. You gotta be careful what you tell the insurance company, Or you might end up in the can.
- My god, wouldnā€™t it be wonderful if you just put your arms Around me and told me, "itā€™s all right, my darling. Iā€™ll take care of everything, leave it to me."
- Oh... Itā€™s all right, my darling, Iā€™ll take care of everything. Leave it to me. Now what?
- Why didnā€™t I get me a man? I couldā€™ve had a dozen, but no, I had to do it all by myself. And now here I am with a  Jaguar and no man. How do you set fire to a car?
- Well, you, uh, pour gasoline all over it, you light a match, Toss it, and jump back real fast. You gotta be careful what you tell the insurance company, Or you might end up in the can.
- My god, wouldnā€™t it be wonderful if you just put your arms Around me and told me, "itā€™s all right, my darling. Iā€™ll take care of everything, leave it to me."
- Oh... Itā€™s all right, my darling, Iā€™ll take care of everything. Leave it to me. Now what?
- Why didnā€™t I get me a man? I couldā€™ve had a dozen, but no, I had to do it all by myself. And now here I am with a  Jaguar and no man. How do you set fire to a car?
- Well, you, uh, pour gasoline all over it, you light a match, Toss it, and jump back real fast. You gotta be careful what you tell the insurance company, Or you might end up in the can.