# Quote — James M. Cain, The Postman Always Rings Twice

> We’re just two punks, Frank. God kissed us on the brow that night. He gave us all that two people can ever have. And we just weren’t the kind that could have it. We had all that love, and we just cracked up under it. It’s a big airplane engine, that takes you through the sky, right up to the top of the mountain. But when you put it in a Ford, it just shakes it to pieces. That’s what we are, Frank, a couple of Fords. God is up there laughing at us.

- Author: [James M. Cain](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-m-cain.md)
- Book: [The Postman Always Rings Twice](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-m-cain/the-postman-always-rings-twice.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_M._Cain#The_Postman_Always_Rings_Twice_(1934)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-m-cain/the-postman-always-rings-twice/were-just-two

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> Just you and me and the road.

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> I kissed her. Her eyes were shining up at me like two blue stars. It was like being in church.

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