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Denis Johnson Quotes

Everybody’s got a mean side. Just don’t feed it till it grows Picture Quote #1

What could be lonelier than trying to communicate Picture Quote #1

I was probably 35 when I wrote the first story. The voice is kind of a mix in that it has a young voice, but it’s also someone who’s looking back. I like that kind of double vision Picture Quote #1

Love and violence-not to conquer one with the other but to live with both, that’s what I’ve learned. Each pulling me a different way. If I relax my struggles they don’t tear me in two, but lift me up Picture Quote #1

I feel very privileged to hear how somebody used to run around stickin’ people up and stealing cars, and now they’re gettin’ their life back together... I just love the stories. The stories of the fallen world, they excite us. That’s the interesting stuff Picture Quote #1

What’s funny about Jesus’ Son is that I never even wrote that book, I just wrote it down. I would tell these stories and people would say, You should write these things down Picture Quote #1

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We can’t always tell the whole story about ourselves Picture Quote #1

In my writing, I want to be laid bare as a human being Picture Quote #1

This life is but the childhood of our immortality Picture Quote #1

English words are like prisms. Empty, nothing inside, and still they make rainbows Picture Quote #1

Talk into my bullet hole. Tell me I’m fine Picture Quote #1

Write the unpublishable... and then publish it Picture Quote #1

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The abyss is full of reality, the abyss experiences itself, the abyss is alive Picture Quote #1

The movie’s not over till everybody’s dead Picture Quote #1

I knew every raindrop by its name Picture Quote #1

And you, you ridiculous people, you expect me to help you Picture Quote #1

Death is the mother of beauty Picture Quote #1

I’d met a woman and I got married, but the money ran out right away. I hadn’t had a job for seven months, and it just came over me that I was never going to work again. It hit me Picture Quote #1

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And with each step my heart broke for the person I would never find, the person who’d love me. And then I would remember I had a wife at home who loved me, or later that my wife had left me and I was terrirfied, or again later that I had a beautiful alcoholic girlfriend who would make me happy forever. But every time I entered the place there were veiled faces promising everything and then clarifying quickly into the dull, the usual, looking up at me and making the same mistake Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I heard voices muttering in my head, and a lot of the time the world seemed to smolder around its edges. but I was in a little better physical shape every day, I was getting my looks back, and my spirits were rising, and this was all in all a happy time for me. All these weirdos, and me getting a little better right in the midst of them. I had never known, never even imagined for a heartbeat, that there might be a place for people like us Picture Quote #1

After the film it was raining, a light steady rain. Ruthless neon on the wet streets like busted candy Picture Quote #1

There was a part of her she hadn’t yet allowed to be born because it was too beautiful for this place Picture Quote #1

We’d torn open our chests and shown our cowardly hearts, and you can never stay friends after something like that Picture Quote #1

With each step my heart broke for the person I would never find, the person who’d love me Picture Quote #1

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It was only when you left it alone that a tree might treat you as a friend. After the blade bit in, you had yourself a war Picture Quote #1

Everybody’s got a mean side. Just don’t feed it till it grows Picture Quote #1

I’ll never forget you. Your husband will beat you with an extension cord and the bus will pull away leaving you standing there in tears, but you were my mother Picture Quote #1

That world! These days it’s all been erased and they’ve rolled it up like a scroll and put it away somewhere. Yes, I can touch it with my fingers. But where is it? Picture Quote #1

I really enjoy writing novels. Its like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off Picture Quote #1

I was probably 35 when I wrote the first story. The voice is kind of a mix in that it has a young voice, but it’s also someone who’s looking back. I like that kind of double vision Picture Quote #1

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Everybody’s got a mean side. Just don’t feed it till it grows. (Denis Johnson Quotes) What could be lonelier than trying to communicate (Denis Johnson Quotes) I was probably 35 when I wrote the first story. The voice is kind of a mix in that it has a young voice, but it’s also someone who’s looking back. I like that kind of double vision. (Denis Johnson Quotes) Love and violence-not to conquer one with the other but to live with both, that’s what I’ve learned. Each pulling me a different way. If I relax my struggles they don’t tear me in two, but lift me up (Denis Johnson Quotes) I feel very privileged to hear how somebody used to run around stickin’ people up and stealing cars, and now they’re gettin’ their life back together... I just love the stories. The stories of the fallen world, they excite us. That’s the interesting stuff (Denis Johnson Quotes) What’s funny about Jesus’ Son is that I never even wrote that book, I just wrote it down. I would tell these stories and people would say, You should write these things down (Denis Johnson Quotes) We can’t always tell the whole story about ourselves (Denis Johnson Quotes) In my writing, I want to be laid bare as a human being (Denis Johnson Quotes) This life is but the childhood of our immortality (Denis Johnson Quotes) English words are like prisms. Empty, nothing inside, and still they make rainbows (Denis Johnson Quotes) Talk into my bullet hole. Tell me I’m fine (Denis Johnson Quotes) Write the unpublishable... and then publish it (Denis Johnson Quotes) The abyss is full of reality, the abyss experiences itself, the abyss is alive (Denis Johnson Quotes) The movie’s not over till everybody’s dead (Denis Johnson Quotes) I knew every raindrop by its name (Denis Johnson Quotes) And you, you ridiculous people, you expect me to help you (Denis Johnson Quotes) Death is the mother of beauty (Denis Johnson Quotes) I’d met a woman and I got married, but the money ran out right away. I hadn’t had a job for seven months, and it just came over me that I was never going to work again. It hit me (Denis Johnson Quotes) And with each step my heart broke for the person I would never find, the person who’d love me. And then I would remember I had a wife at home who loved me, or later that my wife had left me and I was terrirfied, or again later that I had a beautiful alcoholic girlfriend who would make me happy forever. But every time I entered the place there were veiled faces promising everything and then clarifying quickly into the dull, the usual, looking up at me and making the same mistake (Denis Johnson Quotes) Sometimes I heard voices muttering in my head, and a lot of the time the world seemed to smolder around its edges. but I was in a little better physical shape every day, I was getting my looks back, and my spirits were rising, and this was all in all a happy time for me. All these weirdos, and me getting a little better right in the midst of them. I had never known, never even imagined for a heartbeat, that there might be a place for people like us (Denis Johnson Quotes) After the film it was raining, a light steady rain. Ruthless neon on the wet streets like busted candy (Denis Johnson Quotes) There was a part of her she hadn’t yet allowed to be born because it was too beautiful for this place (Denis Johnson Quotes) We’d torn open our chests and shown our cowardly hearts, and you can never stay friends after something like that (Denis Johnson Quotes) With each step my heart broke for the person I would never find, the person who’d love me (Denis Johnson Quotes) It was only when you left it alone that a tree might treat you as a friend. After the blade bit in, you had yourself a war (Denis Johnson Quotes) Everybody’s got a mean side. Just don’t feed it till it grows (Denis Johnson Quotes) I’ll never forget you. Your husband will beat you with an extension cord and the bus will pull away leaving you standing there in tears, but you were my mother (Denis Johnson Quotes) That world! These days it’s all been erased and they’ve rolled it up like a scroll and put it away somewhere. Yes, I can touch it with my fingers. But where is it? (Denis Johnson Quotes) I really enjoy writing novels. Its like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off (Denis Johnson Quotes) I was probably 35 when I wrote the first story. The voice is kind of a mix in that it has a young voice, but it’s also someone who’s looking back. I like that kind of double vision (Denis Johnson Quotes)

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