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How do you explain to yourself the casual manner in which you threw your life away? — James Lee Burke

Thinking at night isn't good for anybody. — James Lee Burke

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

The Gulf Stream waters of Woody Guthrie's famous song were strung with columns of oil that were several miles long. — James Lee Burke

Shakespeare said that all power lies in the world of dreams, and I believe him. — James Lee Burke

No, I'm a coonass, my religion is shaky, and I've never hit the juice. — James Lee Burke

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

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

Fear is an irrational emotion that floats from object to object like a helium balloon that you touch with your fingertips. — James Lee Burke

Administrators don't believe in conspiracies. If they did, they'd have to resign their jobs. That — James Lee Burke

There's no substitute for loyalty. — James Lee Burke

Every third night a commitee holds a meeting in my head. — James Lee Burke

One day you'll have a quiet heart. — James Lee Burke

Money can't buy happiness but it'll sure keep a mess of grief off your front porch.
— James Lee Burke

beautiful street in the Western world. — James Lee Burke

We don't grow unless we take risks. Any successful company is riddled with failures. — James E. Burke

My experience has been that people who die for causes have few friends in death. — James Lee Burke

I went to the bathroom in my pants. That's what you done, man. — James Lee Burke

A lie is an act of theft. It steals peoples faith and makes them resent themselves — James Lee Burke

The key to why things change is the key to everything. — James E. Burke

All that can accurately be said about a man who thinks he is a poached egg is that he is in the minority. — James Burke

Using a first-person narrator is simply a matter of hearing the voice inside yourself. — James Lee Burke

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

Scientists are the true driving force of civilization. — James Burke

It's always today, Jim, and it's just going to get better and better, I said. — James Lee Burke

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

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

God bless the Reference Librarians — James Lee Burke

Did you ever see a mob rush across town to do a good deed? Dave Robicheaux — James Lee Burke

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

Night Comes to the Cumberland. — James Lee Burke

Don't undo a brave and noble deed. Don't rob yourself of your own virtue. — James Lee Burke

Jimmie would forever be the Renaissance humanist, bearing his faith and optimism like a white light inside a chalice. — James Lee Burke

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