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And then more quiet, silence so deep it almost drowned out the roar of the night music that pounded away in my secret self.
— Jeff Lindsay
I'd always been a big reader, and I loved books, and I always thought writing would be a great way to get by in the world.
— Donald Ray Pollock
I was always a big reader, even when everything was bad and miserable.
— Donald Ray Pollock
I'm not sure about 'absolute' happiness, but I am happiest when I go to bed at night knowing that I tried to do my best that day.
— Donald Ray Pollock
There are moments in everyone's life that define the type of person you are, and the person you will become,
— Tiffany King
When I turned fifty, I decided to quit the mill and go to graduate school.
— Donald Ray Pollock
He imagined the door to a sad, empty room closing with a faint click, never to be opened again, and that calmed him a little.
— Donald Ray Pollock
The first possibility of rural cleanliness lies in water supply.
— Florence Nightingale
I'm not really a good reader. What I mean is, I think I'm not one of those people who can read a story and analyze it just like that.
— Donald Ray Pollock
I would like to write a book that wasn't so violent and weird, but I just don't think I can do that with my talent. I don't think it would come off.
— Donald Ray Pollock
Don't get me wrong: I think that everyone should put forth an effort to do better, but let's face it, some of us are just plain luckier than others.
— Donald Ray Pollock
Hey, A-D-D," she called out to Claire, "come over and try these on.
— Kimberly Derting
I'm probably the least cerebral guy you're ever going to meet as a writer.
— Donald Ray Pollock
Ordinary people in times of shame and doubt needed an anamchara, or a "soul friend." Soon
— Richard Rohr
Look, girls don't care how many push-ups you can do. They just want to get high and wear flowers in their hair. Maybe steal a car.
— Donald Ray Pollock
A damp, gray sky covered southern Ohio like the skin of a corpse.
— Donald Ray Pollock
Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.
— Alfred Nobel
Strangers complained about the stench, but the locals liked to brag that it was the sweet smell of money.
— Donald Ray Pollock
A lot of people get the wrong impression, think there's something romantic or tragic about hitting bottom.
— Donald Ray Pollock
The Oxys filled holes in me I hadn't realized were empty. It was, at least for those first few months, a wonderful way to be disabled. I felt blessed.
— Donald Ray Pollock
Some people were born just so they could be buried.
— Donald Ray Pollock
I sort of like writing about weird characters, I guess.
— Donald Ray Pollock
I'm beginning to believe that anything I do to extend my life is just going to be outweighed by the agony of living it.
— Donald Ray Pollock
Michael Koryta is an amazingly talented writer, and I rank The Prophet as one of the sharpest and superbly plotted crime novels I've read in my life.
— Donald Ray Pollock
It's hard to live a good life ... It seems like the Devil don't ever let up.
— Donald Ray Pollock
Because of who we were, I already knew what we would do.
— Donald Ray Pollock
You can't be a pussy all your life Todd. Someday you're just gonna have to say fuck it.
— Donald Ray Pollock
I spent thirty-two years in a paper mill in southern Ohio, and before that, I worked in a meatpacking plant and a shoe factory.
— Donald Ray Pollock