Quotes From Cooter's Book
p. 3 “Politics down in Georgia is a full-contact sport”—On the Georgia Congressional Race
p. 15 “I felt a great presence beside me. I had never felt so good before and would not feel that good again for many years. I thought it was Jesus. And I still do.” —On going to Sunday School as a young boy
p. 24 “To me, Gene Autry was a lot like Jesus, except Gene would whoop your ass if he had to.” –On watching “Saturday Westerns” as a kid
p. 41 “Why is it that baseballs hit by kids find automobile windshields the way that tornadoes always head straight for trailer parks?”—On playing baseball with his new “Stan Musial” bat
p. 47 “Along the floorboards behind the couch were layers of dog hair, cobwebs, and assorted mousetraps, hair curlers, ancient Tootsie Rolls, and an assortment that could only be labeled “unidentifiable.” We solved the problem by replacing the seventy-five-watt bulb with a more agreeable forty-watter.”—On having electricity for the first time
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To anyone reading this, this is a book I picked up on my own to read this summer. This is not a suggestion from Mark Lee (although I am hoping he and others will want to read it!)
