Dick Quotes

“Of course, Dick was very literal-minded, very—he had no understanding of music, poetry—and yet when you got right down to it, Dick’s literalness, his pragmatic approach to every subject, was the primary reason Perry had been attracted to him, for it made Dick seem, compared to himself, so authentically tough, invulnerable, “totally masculine.”

“Dick had never questioned this way of life until the night Mr. Sleath, the owner of the mine, was taken ill and Dick had to help him home.”

“Dick assumes that living in a mining town means that he’ll soon be asked to leave school and start working in the pit like his father and brother before him.”

“The house has changed hands and no longer belongs to the original family, and Dick isn’t too keen on the new owners. ”