The Killer Inside Me Quotes

Lou Ford Out here you say yes ma'am an no ma'am to anything with a skirt on. Out here if you catch a man with his pants down you apologize, even if you have to arrest him afterwards. Out here you're a man and a gentleman or you aren't anything at all. And god help you if you're not.

Sheriff Bob Maples Name of Joyce Lakeland. Lives about four or five miles out on Derrick Road past the old Branch place.

Lou Ford Oh, I know the old Branch place. She a hustling lady, Bob?

Sheriff Bob Maples Well, I guess so, but she's - she's been pretty decent about it.

Billy Boy Walker A weed is a plant out of place. I find a hollyhock in my cornfield, and it's a weed. I find it in my yard, and it's a flower. You're in my yard.

Sheriff Bob Maples It's always lightest just before the dark.

Billy Boy Walker You said you didn't want anyone else to get hurt. You meant it?

Lou Ford I meant it. Can't hurt somebody who's already dead.

Lou Ford Nothing relieves tension like a good spanking!

Lou Ford Striking at people that way is almost as good as the other, the real way. The way I'd fought to forget—and had almost forgot—until I met her.

Lou Ford I got a foot on both sides of the fence. They were put there early, and they stayed put. I can't move. I can't jump. All I can do is wait until I split, right down the middle.