Declan Burke Writes: If It Ain’t Fixed, Don’t Broke It

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If It Ain’t Fixed, Don’t Broke It

Where’d you get a gun like this? he said.
At the gittin place.
Cormac McCarthy, ALL THE PRETTY HORSES (1992)

Where’d you get that pistol? she called.
At the gettin place.
Cormac McCarthy, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2005)

4 comments:

Twenty Major said...: Did he just forget is he doing a Stephen King and referencing his own work?; January 14, 2008 at 9:28 AM
Declan Burke said...: I'd say he was self-referencing ... it's not the kind of line you'd forget. Especially as it was in the All The Pretty Horses movie too ... Lucas Black stealing the show as Blevins. Cheers, Dec; January 14, 2008 at 10:05 AM
mybillcrider said...: That's a typical Texas comment. I've heard it thousands of times over the course of my life.; January 14, 2008 at 3:55 PM
Declan Burke said...: It's one of my favourite lines, Bill ... I love that kind of deadpan delivery. Cheers, Dec; January 15, 2008 at 6:52 AM

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