Quotation

You’re a handsome woman, but half a dozen like you would have men taking vows of celibacy all over the Western Hemisphere. The Huns are arming the Mexicans to stir up trouble so we keep our mind off Europe (1916.) “Beckman is the most evil man I’ve ever known.” “All the bad ones seem that way until you punch their ticket. Think anybody is interested in the history of a schoolteacher. But a reformed whore who still has her looks? Tell me men aren’t interested. Women, too, if they’re honest. For Maggie, the word “restitution” was a misspelling of “retribution.” She did not believe in an eye for an eye, either; Maggie paid back with interest.