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Quotation by Donald E. Westlake
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Lilly Dillon: You hit a person with the oranges wrapped in a towel. They get big ugly-looking bruises. But they don't really get hurt, not if you do it right. It's for working scams against insurance companies.
Bobo: And if you do it wrong?
Lilly Dillon: It can louse up your insides. You can get pe, pe ... pe, pe, pe ... pe, pe, pe....
Bobo: What?
Lilly Dillon: Permanent damage.
Bobo: You'll never shit right again.
Bobo: And if you do it wrong?
Lilly Dillon: It can louse up your insides. You can get pe, pe ... pe, pe, pe ... pe, pe, pe....
Bobo: What?
Lilly Dillon: Permanent damage.
Bobo: You'll never shit right again.
Donald E. Westlake (b. 1933), U.S. screenwriter, and Stephen Frears. Lilly Dillon (Anjelica Huston) and Bobo (Pat Hingle), The Grifters, as Lilly's con-artist boss threatens to hit her in this manner for cheating him out of money (1990).
Based on the novel by Jim Thompson.
Based on the novel by Jim Thompson.
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