A nonfictional outlaw, and another member of William Quantrill’s group of guerilla soldiers. When Mattie goes to the traveling circus to see Rooster, Cole tells her that he recently passed away. When he says this, he is polite and kind, and she sees him as a man who—unlike Frank James—has atoned for his moral wrongdoings.
Cole Younger Quotes in True Grit
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Chapter 7
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These old-timers had all fought together in the border strife under Quantrill’s black standard, and afterward led dangerous lives, and now this was all they were fit for, to show themselves to the public like strange wild beasts of the jungle.
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Cole Younger Quotes in True Grit
The True Grit quotes below are all either spoken by Cole Younger or refer to Cole Younger. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 7
Quotes
These old-timers had all fought together in the border strife under Quantrill’s black standard, and afterward led dangerous lives, and now this was all they were fit for, to show themselves to the public like strange wild beasts of the jungle.
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