Mattie

Before I left Long Island I saw that she was beginning to lay her toils for Mattie.

"I'm a bit surprised, " Mattie says. "I never thought my message would get out so quickly. "

Mattie's hand was underneath, and Ethan kept his clasped on it a moment longer than was necessary.

Etta leaves feeling broken, but her spirit is restored once she finds out that Mattie has stayed up all night waiting for her.

Mattie, along with several other characters, arrives in Brewster Place from her parents' home in the South.

Mattie's example of optimism and acceptance has caused me to ponder my own pattern of complaint.

Morpeth, who admires Mattie enormously , always brings one or two of his set.

The book's Mattie describes Rooster as being "about forty years of age, " but Wayne was 63 when his True Grit was released; Bridges is 61.

Mattie: Cool! That's a perfect car to take me out in. Make sure it's blue. I look good in that color.

Posts to the Grimsby Telegraph described "Mattie" as a giant who was also loving, caring and kind.

After a long life of running from one man to the next, she has arrived at Mattie's, hoping to find some stability.

Though Mattie is a stickler for the law, she's not averse to frontier justice if that's required to avenge her dad.

Cort soon recovered, to become Mattie's life-long companion, while Katie left Denver, never to return.

Mattie Ross is barely a teenager in tightly braided pigtails, but she is determined to get justice.

Mattie: Tomorrow we just have to go get our visas.

After Ms. Eva dies, Mattie purchases the house and remains there to raise her son, Basil.

Mattie: All right. All of our travel plans are set.

Living away from home with a new baby, Mattie takes a job working in an assembly line.

Mattie decides to move to the North at approximately the same time in history as the Great Migration.

Mattie leaves her parents' home because she is pregnant by a disreputable man named Butch Fuller.

Mattie: I'm just excited that we're finally going.

Mattie: You'd better get all your ducks in a row at work before you go.

addressed her as "Miss Mattie" .

Mattie: I need to get some money off my credit card at the ATM.

Mattie: I need to pay another credit card bill.

In April 1877, Mattie and Katie attended a duel topless and bent to kill each other.

Mattie whimpered, "Uncle Dave, I was so scared! "

Mattie: What type of car do you want?

Mattie: You work so hard. Don't you ever take a vacation?

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