Criminality Quotes in No Country for Old Men

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Section.Paragraph)

Quote #7

You got the right attitude, Paul. I wont get you in trouble. I just dont want you to leave me somewheres that I dont want to be left. (7.2.53)

We have to wonder just how many criminals get into Paul's taxi. Is there something about taxi drivers we don't know about?

Quote #8

Dont go over the speed limit, he said. You get us stopped by the cops and you and me both will be in a s***pot full of trouble. (7.2.126)

Now Llewelyn is concerned about the law, huh? If he had been worried about getting caught in the first place, he wouldn't have got himself into this situation. Did he not care, or did he know that Bell was too incompetent to ever catch him?

Quote #9

If you spent three days with me, he said, I could have you holdin up gas stations. Be no trick at all. (7.2.139)

Perhaps being a criminal is contagious. If Llewelyn and the hitchhiker hadn't been killed, could you picture them turning into a modern day Bonnie and Clyde? Well, maybe not, but we do have to wonder how easy it is to get sucked into the whole crime thing.