“He hadn't a cent in his pocket, but he had faith !”
“If he had had all Peru in his pocket, he would certainly have given it to this dancer; but Gringoire had not Peru in his pocket; and besides, America was not yet discovered. (p. 66)”
“He clutched the watch hard in his fist, determined to destroy it, to prove that it couldn't be real. That she hadn't come here because of him, for him.That he hadn't done what he knew he had.”
“Either he was suffering a terrible case of gas or he had a pint-size child practicing the trumpet in his back pocket.”
“Two cents in the pocket, is better than no sense in the head.”
“he wouldn't mention, now or then, the illegal nine-millimeter automatic he had in his pocket. Why distress the woman you loved with minor details?”