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Dennis Lehane quotes: Your father picks you up from prison in a stolen Dodge Neon with an 8-ball in the glove compartment and a hooker named Mandy in the back seat. Your father picks you up from prison in a stolen Dodge Neon with an 8-ball in the glove
compartment and a hooker named Mandy in the back seat.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Conflate a narcissistic instinct for self-preservation with moral superiority. Conflate a narcissistic instinct for self-preservation with moral superiority.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Maybe there are some things we were put on this earth not to know. Maybe there are some things we were put on this earth not to know.
Dennis Lehane quotes: What molds us is what maims us. What molds us is what maims us.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Don't get me wrong, I love literary fiction. It's faux literary fiction I can't stand. Don't get me wrong, I love literary fiction. It's faux literary fiction I can't stand.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Baby, why are you all wet? Baby, why are you all wet?
Dennis Lehane quotes: She told him that he had the most beautiful voice she'd ever heard, that it sounded like whiskey and wood smoke. She told him that he had the most beautiful voice she'd ever heard, that it sounded like whiskey and wood smoke.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Cawley probably wasn't used to questions that continued after he'd shown displeasure with them, so they gave him a minute to catch his breath. Cawley probably wasn't used to questions that continued after he'd shown displeasure with them, so they gave him a minute to catch his breath.
Dennis Lehane quotes: The other side of his desk. Yeah, well, like I always say, miss, you could The other side of his desk. Yeah, well, like I always say, miss, you could
Dennis Lehane quotes: Grief, he said, is carnivorous. Grief, he said, is carnivorous.
Dennis Lehane quotes: He was done with every lie he'd ever allowed himself to believe, every lie he'd ever lived, every lie. He was done with every lie he'd ever allowed himself to believe, every lie he'd ever lived, every lie.
Dennis Lehane quotes: How naive can you be before it becomes unforgivable? How naive can you be before it becomes unforgivable?
Dennis Lehane quotes: Joe closed his hand over the watch and it was still warm from his father's pocket, ticking against his palm like a heart. Joe closed his hand over the watch and it was still warm from his father's pocket, ticking against his palm like a heart.
Dennis Lehane quotes: What you put out into the world will always come back for you. What you put out into the world will always come back for you.
Dennis Lehane quotes: We're humans, so we're messy We're humans, so we're messy
Dennis Lehane quotes: Someday ... , we'll medicate human experience right out of the human experience. Someday ... , we'll medicate human experience right out of the human experience.
Dennis Lehane quotes: I'm driving a stolen car On a pitch black night And I'm telling myself I'm gonna be alright. I'm driving a stolen car On a pitch black night And I'm telling myself I'm gonna be alright.
Dennis Lehane quotes: It's very simple. If you learn how to write well, to write with depth, cream will rise to the top. You'll get published. But, there is no secret. It's very simple. If you learn how to write well, to write with depth, cream will rise to the top. You'll get published. But, there is no secret.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Maybe honor was in its twilight. Maybe it had always been heading that way. Or worse, maybe it had always been an illusion. Maybe honor was in its twilight. Maybe it had always been heading that way. Or worse, maybe it had always been an illusion.
Dennis Lehane quotes: I don't have room in my heart for most people. Got nothing against them, but I got nothing for them, either. I don't have room in my heart for most people. Got nothing against them, but I got nothing for them, either.
Dennis Lehane quotes: I'm a detective, but nuns could stonewall Sam Spade into an asylum I'm a detective, but nuns could stonewall Sam Spade into an asylum
Dennis Lehane quotes: One that society can't forgive, but I can. One that society can't forgive, but I can.
Dennis Lehane quotes: It's hard to close the door on optimistic expectations when you love someone. It's hard to close the door on optimistic expectations when you love someone.
Dennis Lehane quotes: The mean things of this world had only one lesson-we are meaner than you'd ever imagine. The mean things of this world had only one lesson-we are meaner than you'd ever imagine.
Dennis Lehane quotes: We met when we were both majoring in Space Invaders with a Pub Etiquette minor at the Happy Harbor Campus of UMass/Boston. We met when we were both majoring in Space Invaders with a Pub Etiquette minor at the Happy Harbor Campus of UMass/Boston.
Dennis Lehane quotes: She had the air of someone clinging to a wall of soap. She had the air of someone clinging to a wall of soap.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Teddy wondered, and not for the first time, not by a long shot, if this was the day that missing her would finally be too much for him. Teddy wondered, and not for the first time, not by a long shot, if this was the day that missing her would finally be too much for him.
Dennis Lehane quotes: My blessings outweigh my regrets. My blessings outweigh my regrets.
Dennis Lehane quotes: But I say their rules are bullshit. I say there are no rules but the ones a man makes for himself. But I say their rules are bullshit. I say there are no rules but the ones a man makes for himself.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Or maybe I'd do what I always do - hang out and see what develops. Fatalist to the core. Or maybe I'd do what I always do - hang out and see what develops. Fatalist to the core.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Hell, everyone's nice until some kind of hard choice is put in front of them.Coronado: Stories Hell, everyone's nice until some kind of hard choice is put in front of them.
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Dennis Lehane quotes: Nobody learned nothing. Nobody evolved. Nobody learned nothing. Nobody evolved.
Dennis Lehane quotes: We all die alone ... I could have helped her with the dying. We all die alone ... I could have helped her with the dying.
Dennis Lehane quotes: You can have two families in this life, Joe, the one you're born to and the one you build. You can have two families in this life, Joe, the one you're born to and the one you build.
Dennis Lehane quotes: It's a lot easier to ask a woman's forgiveness than her permission. It's a lot easier to ask a woman's forgiveness than her permission.
Dennis Lehane quotes: There's always a 'she'. Isn't there? There's always a 'she'. Isn't there?
Dennis Lehane quotes: As they've always been. And they don't change just because you want them to. As they've always been. And they don't change just because you want them to.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Happiness comes in moments, & then it's gone until the next time. Could be years. But sadness settles it. Happiness comes in moments, & then it's gone until the next time. Could be years. But sadness settles it.
Dennis Lehane quotes: The loneliness of another can be shocking when it lays itself bare without warning. The loneliness of another can be shocking when it lays itself bare without warning.
Dennis Lehane quotes: The foundation of your life is luck. Hard work and talent make up the difference. The foundation of your life is luck. Hard work and talent make up the difference.
Dennis Lehane quotes: She was his wife, mother, best friend, sister, lover, and priest. She was his wife, mother, best friend, sister, lover, and priest.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Craftsmanship, his Uncle Cornelius had once told him, was just a fancy word for what happened when labor met love. Craftsmanship, his Uncle Cornelius had once told him, was just a fancy word for what happened when labor met love.
Dennis Lehane quotes: There are so many more important things to worry about than how you're perceived by strangers. There are so many more important things to worry about than how you're perceived by strangers.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Confidence you haven't earned always has the brightest glow. Confidence you haven't earned always has the brightest glow.
Dennis Lehane quotes: We age as the rest of the world watches, she thought, but somehow we're the last to know. There We age as the rest of the world watches, she thought, but somehow we're the last to know. There
Dennis Lehane quotes: Charm was the luxury of those who still believed in the essential rightness of things. In purity and picket fences. Charm was the luxury of those who still believed in the essential rightness of things. In purity and picket fences.
Dennis Lehane quotes: For a moment-maybe even a succession of moments and none sharp enough to point to as the cause-he'd been happy. For a moment-maybe even a succession of moments and none sharp enough to point to as the cause-he'd been happy.
Dennis Lehane quotes: The trick, Teddy had long since learned, was to stay busy and stay focused. They couldn't catch you if you didn't stop running. The trick, Teddy had long since learned, was to stay busy and stay focused. They couldn't catch you if you didn't stop running.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Twelve dead?" I said. "Jesus. Twelve dead?" I said. "Jesus.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Music" - he smiled his glorious smile and raised his index finger - "music speaks for the soul because words are too small. Music" - he smiled his glorious smile and raised his index finger - "music speaks for the soul because words are too small.
Dennis Lehane quotes: I love television. I think we're in a renaissance of epic proportion in television now. I love television. I think we're in a renaissance of epic proportion in television now.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Rumors or no, Thomas, if the men strike, we'll see fecal gravity at work like never before. Ain't a man in this room who won't be covered in shit. Rumors or no, Thomas, if the men strike, we'll see fecal gravity at work like never before. Ain't a man in this room who won't be covered in shit.
Dennis Lehane quotes: I was blessed to grow up in really interesting times and to go back to a home where I was very safe. I was blessed to grow up in really interesting times and to go back to a home where I was very safe.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Angie was where most of me began and all of me ended. Angie was where most of me began and all of me ended.
Dennis Lehane quotes: The truth of himself was a lonely boy in an empty house, waiting for someone to knock on his bedroom door and ask if he was okay. The truth of himself was a lonely boy in an empty house, waiting for someone to knock on his bedroom door and ask if he was okay.
Dennis Lehane quotes: But always in the back of your throat is this scream, barely suppressed. But always in the back of your throat is this scream, barely suppressed.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Catch me on a good day, I think half of my books aren't too bad. Catch me on a bad day, I think I've never written a good line. Catch me on a good day, I think half of my books aren't too bad. Catch me on a bad day, I think I've never written a good line.
Dennis Lehane quotes: There's darkness in this world you can't learn about by watching TV and reading books. There's darkness in this world you can't learn about by watching TV and reading books.
Dennis Lehane quotes: This world can only give me reminders of what I don't have, can never have, didn't have for long enough. This world can only give me reminders of what I don't have, can never have, didn't have for long enough.
Dennis Lehane quotes: It's odd how fast a beautiful woman can turn a guy's mind into lint storage. Just by being a beautiful woman. It's odd how fast a beautiful woman can turn a guy's mind into lint storage. Just by being a beautiful woman.
Dennis Lehane quotes: The world according to Bubba is simple - if it aggravates you, stop it. By whatever means necessary. The world according to Bubba is simple - if it aggravates you, stop it. By whatever means necessary.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Which would be worse, to live as a monster or to die as a good man? Which would be worse, to live as a monster or to die as a good man?
Dennis Lehane quotes: People don't fix each other, Joseph. And they never become anything but what they've always been. People don't fix each other, Joseph. And they never become anything but what they've always been.
Dennis Lehane quotes: I sort of play golf because a lot of my friends are into it, but I'm awful - my handicap is about six or seven thousand. I sort of play golf because a lot of my friends are into it, but I'm awful - my handicap is about six or seven thousand.
Dennis Lehane quotes: I believe so deeply in the primacy of language, in lifting your prose to the highest level you're capable of and making your words symphonic. I believe so deeply in the primacy of language, in lifting your prose to the highest level you're capable of and making your words symphonic.
Dennis Lehane quotes: She died in a fire. I miss her like you ... If I was underwater, I wouldn't miss oxygen that much. She died in a fire. I miss her like you ... If I was underwater, I wouldn't miss oxygen that much.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Plans are just dreams until they're executed. Plans are just dreams until they're executed.
Dennis Lehane quotes: You're just pissed off. And when you're pissed off, you lash out. You're just pissed off. And when you're pissed off, you lash out.
Dennis Lehane quotes: You was in all sorts of places, huh?" "Yeah, I was. Saw the world." "What'd you think of it?" "Different languages, same shit. You was in all sorts of places, huh?" "Yeah, I was. Saw the world." "What'd you think of it?" "Different languages, same shit.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Love like that? Hell, it seems so pure, it's damn near criminal. Love like that? Hell, it seems so pure, it's damn near criminal.
Dennis Lehane quotes: I love to write, so it rarely seems like work - even when it gets arduous. I love to write, so it rarely seems like work - even when it gets arduous.
Dennis Lehane quotes: The lines in her face were deep enough to hide gravel in. The lines in her face were deep enough to hide gravel in.
Dennis Lehane quotes: I go on the presumption that everyone's full of shit until proven otherwise, and this usually serves me in good stead. I go on the presumption that everyone's full of shit until proven otherwise, and this usually serves me in good stead.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Sometimes, when outrage begat outrage with enough frequency, it threatened the fabric of the universe, and the universe pushed back. Sometimes, when outrage begat outrage with enough frequency, it threatened the fabric of the universe, and the universe pushed back.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Monsters don't dress like monsters; they dress like humans. Even stranger, they rarely know they're the monsters. Monsters don't dress like monsters; they dress like humans. Even stranger, they rarely know they're the monsters.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Work and its results always outlived those who labored at it as any Egyptian slave-ghost will tell you. Work and its results always outlived those who labored at it as any Egyptian slave-ghost will tell you.
Dennis Lehane quotes: And he hated himself and hated her,too, for the ruin they'd made of each other. And he hated himself and hated her,too, for the ruin they'd made of each other.
Dennis Lehane quotes: You don't have a partner, Marshal, You came here alone. You don't have a partner, Marshal, You came here alone.
Dennis Lehane quotes: You should write because some stray scrap of your soul is trying to manifest itself verbally. You should write because some stray scrap of your soul is trying to manifest itself verbally.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Each day in this country, twenty-three hundred children are reported missing. Each day in this country, twenty-three hundred children are reported missing.
Dennis Lehane quotes: We're not our brother's keeper, Joseph. In fact, it's an insult to our brother to presume he can't take care of himself. We're not our brother's keeper, Joseph. In fact, it's an insult to our brother to presume he can't take care of himself.
Dennis Lehane quotes: I love my burdens. I love my burdens.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Goddamn embarrassing what a civilian you've become, man. Goddamn embarrassing what a civilian you've become, man.
Dennis Lehane quotes: At that moment, Dave would have lifted a house for Jimmy, held it up to his chest until Jimmy told him where to put it down. At that moment, Dave would have lifted a house for Jimmy, held it up to his chest until Jimmy told him where to put it down.
Dennis Lehane quotes: I'd like to say I found a sublime beauty in it all, but I didn't. And yet. And yet, this life we'd built filled our car I'd like to say I found a sublime beauty in it all, but I didn't. And yet. And yet, this life we'd built filled our car
Dennis Lehane quotes: And two men standing up top, weeping like children because they'd somehow never known the world could get this bad. And two men standing up top, weeping like children because they'd somehow never known the world could get this bad.
Dennis Lehane quotes: moaned his final breath into the imitation Oriental. moaned his final breath into the imitation Oriental.
Dennis Lehane quotes: There are threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected. There are threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Another death. The more I see, the less I know. Another death. The more I see, the less I know.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Everyone sees different things. Everyone sees different things.
Dennis Lehane quotes: I'll be waiting at the airport.''You just made my year' she said.'You made my life. I'll be waiting at the airport.'
'You just made my year' she said.
'You made my life.
Dennis Lehane quotes: It's been a complicated decade for me." She It's been a complicated decade for me." She
Dennis Lehane quotes: There's something ugly about the flawless. There's something ugly about the flawless.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Her forehead was unlined in the way of the recently embalmed and her smile resembled that of someone undergoing electroshock. Her forehead was unlined in the way of the recently embalmed and her smile resembled that of someone undergoing electroshock.
Dennis Lehane quotes: Men. If you give them half a chance, they'll fuck you over just to prove they can. Men. If you give them half a chance, they'll fuck you over just to prove they can.
Dennis Lehane quotes: How many psychiatrists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?" "I don't know. How many?" "Eight." "Why?" "Oh, stop overanalyzing it. How many psychiatrists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?" "I don't know. How many?" "Eight." "Why?" "Oh, stop overanalyzing it.
Dennis Lehane quotes: I think if a man beats you and fucks half the women he sees and no one will help you, axing him isn't the least understandable thing you can do. I think if a man beats you and fucks half the women he sees and no one will help you, axing him isn't the least understandable thing you can do.
Dennis Lehane quotes: But as the years passed, he missed her more, not less, and his need for her became a cut that would not scar over, would not stop leaking. But as the years passed, he missed her more, not less, and his need for her became a cut that would not scar over, would not stop leaking.
Dennis Lehane quotes: We all have our crosses to bear. We all have our crosses to bear.
Dennis Lehane quotes: If a man was lucky, he was moving toward something his whole life. If a man was lucky, he was moving toward something his whole life.

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