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James Lee Burke quotes: The wrong people always worry. The people who are the real problem never worry about anything. The wrong people always worry. The people who are the real problem never worry about anything.
James Lee Burke quotes: You do it a day at a time. You write as well as you can, you put it in the mail, you leave it under submission, you never leave it You do it a day at a time. You write as well as you can, you put it in the mail, you leave it under submission, you never leave it at home.
James Lee Burke quotes: How do you explain to yourself the casual manner in which you threw your life away? How do you explain to yourself the casual manner in which you threw your life away?
James Lee Burke quotes: Thinking at night isn't good for anybody. Thinking at night isn't good for anybody.
James Lee Burke quotes: God bless the world God bless the world
James Lee Burke quotes: This is Louisiana, Dave. Guatemala North. Quit pretending it's the United States. Life will make a lot more sense, he said. This is Louisiana, Dave. Guatemala North. Quit pretending it's the United States. Life will make a lot more sense, he said.
James Lee Burke quotes: All our dreams and hopes become as naught, and evil men are allowed to hang their lanterns on our tombstones. What greater folly is there? All our dreams and hopes become as naught, and evil men are allowed to hang their lanterns on our tombstones. What greater folly is there?
James Lee Burke quotes: Cruelty and sentimentality are almost always companion characteristics in an individual but never cruelty and love. Cruelty and sentimentality are almost always companion characteristics in an individual but never cruelty and love.
James Lee Burke quotes: When people make a contract with the devil and give him an air-conditioned office to work in, he doesn't go back home easily. When people make a contract with the devil and give him an air-conditioned office to work in, he doesn't go back home easily.
James Lee Burke quotes: The Gulf Stream waters of Woody Guthrie's famous song were strung with columns of oil that were several miles long. The Gulf Stream waters of Woody Guthrie's famous song were strung with columns of oil that were several miles long.
James Lee Burke quotes: The best moments in life are not the kind many historians record. The best moments in life are not the kind many historians record.
James Lee Burke quotes: Shakespeare said that all power lies in the world of dreams, and I believe him. Shakespeare said that all power lies in the world of dreams, and I believe him.
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James Lee Burke quotes: We gain no wisdom by imposing our way on others. We gain no wisdom by imposing our way on others.
James Lee Burke quotes: I bet that guy could steal the stink off of shit I bet that guy could steal the stink off of shit
James Lee Burke quotes: The only thing an artist has to remember is to never lose faith in his vision. The only thing an artist has to remember is to never lose faith in his vision.
James Lee Burke quotes: There is no higher form of artistic expression then film There is no higher form of artistic expression then film
James Lee Burke quotes: You just got sprung.""Nig Rosewater out there?" Clete asked."Nig Rosewater hasn't been up at this hour since World War II. You just got sprung."
"Nig Rosewater out there?" Clete asked.
"Nig Rosewater hasn't been up at this hour since World War II.
James Lee Burke quotes: No, I'm a coonass, my religion is shaky, and I've never hit the juice. No, I'm a coonass, my religion is shaky, and I've never hit the juice.
James Lee Burke quotes: We get hurt worse by the people whom we care about. And they seldom mean to do it. That's what makes it so painful, kiddo. We get hurt worse by the people whom we care about. And they seldom mean to do it. That's what makes it so painful, kiddo.
James Lee Burke quotes: No matter what the other side does to you, you grin and walk through the cannon smoke. It drives them crazy. No matter what the other side does to you, you grin and walk through the cannon smoke. It drives them crazy.
James Lee Burke quotes: A category 5 hurricane carries an explosive force several times greater than that of the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. A category 5 hurricane carries an explosive force several times greater than that of the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.
James Lee Burke quotes: The system shaves the dice on the side of those with money and power, and anyone who believes otherwise deserves anything that happens to him. The system shaves the dice on the side of those with money and power, and anyone who believes otherwise deserves anything that happens to him.
James Lee Burke quotes: Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work. Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work.
James Lee Burke quotes: You don't have anything, you don't know anything, you're just a noise like a fart in somebody's pants, Segura said. You don't have anything, you don't know anything, you're just a noise like a fart in somebody's pants, Segura said.
James Lee Burke quotes: In a badass, beer-glass brawl, would you rather have an academic liberal covering your back or a hobnailed redneck? In a badass, beer-glass brawl, would you rather have an academic liberal covering your back or a hobnailed redneck?
James Lee Burke quotes: But the rain gods went away. They ain't coming back, either." "How do you know that?" "They got no reason to. We don't believe in them no more. But the rain gods went away. They ain't coming back, either." "How do you know that?" "They got no reason to. We don't believe in them no more.
James Lee Burke quotes: If you put somebody on a crack pipe and give them a 9 mm Baretta, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out what's going to happen If you put somebody on a crack pipe and give them a 9 mm Baretta, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out what's going to happen next.
James Lee Burke quotes: There's another way to put it. Sometimes your luck runs out and you have to accept that the life you planned was a dream written on water. There's another way to put it. Sometimes your luck runs out and you have to accept that the life you planned was a dream written on water.
James Lee Burke quotes: Hope was the light that allowed man to prevail in the worst of circumstances. But it also could become the narcotic of the self-deluded and the naive. Hope was the light that allowed man to prevail in the worst of circumstances. But it also could become the narcotic of the self-deluded and the naive.
James Lee Burke quotes: Using a first-person narrator is simply a matter of hearing the voice inside yourself. Using a first-person narrator is simply a matter of hearing the voice inside yourself.
James Lee Burke quotes: Don't let anyone tell you that age purchases your freedom from fear of death. Don't let anyone tell you that age purchases your freedom from fear of death.
James Lee Burke quotes: Louisiana is a fresh-air mental asylum. Louisiana is a fresh-air mental asylum.
James Lee Burke quotes: I'm tired of sackcloth and I'm tired of sackcloth and
James Lee Burke quotes: Why do I always feel like you're trying to staple my umbilical cord to the corner of your desk? Why do I always feel like you're trying to staple my umbilical cord to the corner of your desk?
James Lee Burke quotes: Colored or not, we all work for the white man's cotton ... Colored or not, we all work for the white man's cotton ...
James Lee Burke quotes: You've got another problem. Like most white trash, you're disrespectful to your betters and proud of your stupidity and ignorance. You've got another problem. Like most white trash, you're disrespectful to your betters and proud of your stupidity and ignorance.
James Lee Burke quotes: Soldiers who return from foreign battlefields with a syndrome that survivors of the Great War called the thousand-yard stare. Soldiers who return from foreign battlefields with a syndrome that survivors of the Great War called the thousand-yard stare.
James Lee Burke quotes: Age is a clever thief. It takes a little from you each day, so you're not aware of your loss until it'd irreversible. Age is a clever thief. It takes a little from you each day, so you're not aware of your loss until it'd irreversible.
James Lee Burke quotes: Big as a horse turd floating in a milk shake.Wyatt Dixson Big as a horse turd floating in a milk shake.
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James Lee Burke quotes: Every drunkard has many moments of shame that live like carpet tacks in his memory, Every drunkard has many moments of shame that live like carpet tacks in his memory,
James Lee Burke quotes: Never read bad stuff if you're an artist; it will impair your own game. Never read bad stuff if you're an artist; it will impair your own game.
James Lee Burke quotes: If we break promises to God, shouldn't we be allowed an occasional violation of our word to our friends and superiors? If we break promises to God, shouldn't we be allowed an occasional violation of our word to our friends and superiors?
James Lee Burke quotes: The story of Ulysses and Agamemnon and Menelaus, of Jesus, of the Good Knight of Chaucer, lives in every one of us. The story of Ulysses and Agamemnon and Menelaus, of Jesus, of the Good Knight of Chaucer, lives in every one of us.
James Lee Burke quotes: We all end up in the same place. Some sonner than others. We all end up in the same place. Some sonner than others.
James Lee Burke quotes: I had learned long ago that resolution by itself is not enough; we are what we do, not what we think and feel. I had learned long ago that resolution by itself is not enough; we are what we do, not what we think and feel.
James Lee Burke quotes: He wavin' at you, Dave. Hey, it's that drunk man done fell in the bayou the ot'er night. That man must surely love water. He wavin' at you, Dave. Hey, it's that drunk man done fell in the bayou the ot'er night. That man must surely love water.
James Lee Burke quotes: I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box. I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box.
James Lee Burke quotes: One day you'll have a quiet heart. One day you'll have a quiet heart.
James Lee Burke quotes: Every third night a commitee holds a meeting in my head. Every third night a commitee holds a meeting in my head.
James Lee Burke quotes: There's no substitute for loyalty. There's no substitute for loyalty.
James Lee Burke quotes: Administrators don't believe in conspiracies. If they did, they'd have to resign their jobs. That Administrators don't believe in conspiracies. If they did, they'd have to resign their jobs. That
James Lee Burke quotes: Fear is an irrational emotion that floats from object to object like a helium balloon that you touch with your fingertips. Fear is an irrational emotion that floats from object to object like a helium balloon that you touch with your fingertips.
James Lee Burke quotes: I had to feel sorry for Bubba's wife. In AA we called it denial. We take the asp to our breast and smile at the alarm we see in the I had to feel sorry for Bubba's wife. In AA we called it denial. We take the asp to our breast and smile at the alarm we see in the eyes of others.
James Lee Burke quotes: That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, you can throw temper tantrums, and nobody minds. That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, you can throw temper tantrums, and nobody minds.
James Lee Burke quotes: I'm over the hill for come-on lines. On a quiet day, I can hear my liver rotting. For exercise, I fall down. ~ Clete I'm over the hill for come-on lines. On a quiet day, I can hear my liver rotting. For exercise, I fall down. ~ Clete
James Lee Burke quotes: It's always today, Jim, and it's just going to get better and better, I said. It's always today, Jim, and it's just going to get better and better, I said.
James Lee Burke quotes: Money can't buy happiness but it'll sure keep a mess of grief off your front porch. Money can't buy happiness but it'll sure keep a mess of grief off your front porch.
James Lee Burke quotes: Neither our own passing nor the passing of an era is a tragedy, no matter how much we would like to think it is. Neither our own passing nor the passing of an era is a tragedy, no matter how much we would like to think it is.
James Lee Burke quotes: God bless the Reference Librarians God bless the Reference Librarians
James Lee Burke quotes: Did you ever see a mob rush across town to do a good deed? Dave Robicheaux Did you ever see a mob rush across town to do a good deed? Dave Robicheaux
James Lee Burke quotes: It's funny what can happen when you lay bare the heart and join the Earth's old dance through the heavens. It's funny what can happen when you lay bare the heart and join the Earth's old dance through the heavens.
James Lee Burke quotes: Night Comes to the Cumberland. Night Comes to the Cumberland.
James Lee Burke quotes: Don't undo a brave and noble deed. Don't rob yourself of your own virtue. Don't undo a brave and noble deed. Don't rob yourself of your own virtue.
James Lee Burke quotes: Jimmie would forever be the Renaissance humanist, bearing his faith and optimism like a white light inside a chalice. Jimmie would forever be the Renaissance humanist, bearing his faith and optimism like a white light inside a chalice.
James Lee Burke quotes: Tomorrow has no more existence than yesterday, but you can always control now. We live in a series of nows. Think about now. Tomorrow has no more existence than yesterday, but you can always control now. We live in a series of nows. Think about now.
James Lee Burke quotes: Humility is not a virtue in a writer, it is an absolute necessity. Humility is not a virtue in a writer, it is an absolute necessity.
James Lee Burke quotes: To misuse one's talent, to be cavalier about it, to set it aside because of fear or sloth is unpardonable. To misuse one's talent, to be cavalier about it, to set it aside because of fear or sloth is unpardonable.
James Lee Burke quotes: And I wonder if there is any way to adequately describe the folly that causes us to undo all the great gifts of both Earth and Heaven. And I wonder if there is any way to adequately describe the folly that causes us to undo all the great gifts of both Earth and Heaven.
James Lee Burke quotes: Some people say you pick up the Dirty Boogie where you left it off. Others say you pick it up where you would have been had you never gotten off Some people say you pick up the Dirty Boogie where you left it off. Others say you pick it up where you would have been had you never gotten off it.
James Lee Burke quotes: Somehow sleep allows us to see clearly those very things that are obscured by the light of day. Somehow sleep allows us to see clearly those very things that are obscured by the light of day.
James Lee Burke quotes: And every good artist knows that the gift comes from somewhere else, and it's there for a reason, and that's to make the world a better place. And every good artist knows that the gift comes from somewhere else, and it's there for a reason, and that's to make the world a better place.
James Lee Burke quotes: It's a great burden, being one of the good guys. It's a great burden, being one of the good guys.
James Lee Burke quotes: We all have an extended family, people whom we recognize as our own as soon as we see them. We all have an extended family, people whom we recognize as our own as soon as we see them.
James Lee Burke quotes: There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself. There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself.
James Lee Burke quotes: Colored or not, we all pick the white man's cotton. Colored or not, we all pick the white man's cotton.
James Lee Burke quotes: Maggie's face darkened, as Maggie's face darkened, as
James Lee Burke quotes: I read a poem once that had a line in it about a white radiance that stains eternity. I read a poem once that had a line in it about a white radiance that stains eternity.
James Lee Burke quotes: You have two choices in life. You either die or do something with your time. You're going to be doing something - why not write? You have two choices in life. You either die or do something with your time. You're going to be doing something - why not write?
James Lee Burke quotes: I messed my pants, he said. I messed my pants, he said.
James Lee Burke quotes: A lie is an act of theft. It steals peoples faith and makes them resent themselves A lie is an act of theft. It steals peoples faith and makes them resent themselves
James Lee Burke quotes: I went to the bathroom in my pants. That's what you done, man. I went to the bathroom in my pants. That's what you done, man.
James Lee Burke quotes: My experience has been that people who die for causes have few friends in death. My experience has been that people who die for causes have few friends in death.
James Lee Burke quotes: beautiful street in the Western world. beautiful street in the Western world.

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