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Dennis Lehane Quotes

I’m a detective, but nuns could stonewall Sam Spade into an asylum Picture Quote #1

I found that I could write two kinds of short stories: I could write very absurd, kind of surrealistic, funny stories; or I could write very dark, realistic - hyper-realistic - stories. I was never happy with that, because I couldn’t meld the two Picture Quote #1

The best thing that can happen to people entering creative professions is the dwindling of all other possibilities Picture Quote #1

We were supposed to grow old together, Dolores. Have kids. Take walks under old trees. I wanted to watch the lines etch themselves into your flesh and know when each and every one of them appeared. Die together Picture Quote #1

Believe it or not, Marshal, I believe in talk therapy, basic interpersonal skills. I have this radical idea that if you treat a patient with respect and listen to what he’s trying to tell you, you just might reach him. (87) Picture Quote #1

She smiled darkly and shook her head. ‘I’m not crazy. I’m not. Of course what else would a crazy person claim? That’s the Kafkaesque genius of it all. If you’re not crazy but people have told the world you are, then all your protests to the contrary just underscore their point. Do you see what I’m saying? Picture Quote #1

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In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb Picture Quote #1

Patrick Kenzie asking a bemused waitress for a newspaper in smalltown USA. ‘It’s like a homepage without a scroll button?’ Picture Quote #1

I was not going to use writing for advertising or journalism. I would tend bar, load trucks, chauffeur - do whatever it took. But from the moment I took my first writing workshop, I was a writer Picture Quote #1

$I won the parental lottery. Most of the kids I grew up with either came from really fractured homes, or really violent ones. I went home to a very traditional, good Irish Catholic family Picture Quote #1$

I can’t remember coming across a more precise evocation of innocence lost since Golding’s The Lord of the Flies. With The Death of Sweet Mister, Daniel Woodrell has written his masterpiece-spare, dark, and incandescently beautiful. It broke my heart Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Whatever she saw beyond the camera lens, beyond the photographer, beyond anything in the known world probably - wasn’t fit to be seen Picture Quote #1

The best thing that can happen to people entering creative professions is the dwindling of all other possibilities Picture Quote #1

I love television. I think we’re in a renaissance of epic proportion in television now Picture Quote #1

Happiness comes in moments, and then it’s gone until the next time. Could be years. But sadness settles it Picture Quote #1

... scarred by wisdom she’d never asked for Picture Quote #1

Choice, I’ve always believed, is all that separates us from animals Picture Quote #1

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The foundation of your life is luck. Hard work and talent make up the difference Picture Quote #1

The loneliness of another can be shocking when it lays itself bare without warning Picture Quote #1

Grief, he said, is carnivorous Picture Quote #1

Maybe there are some things we were put on this earth not to know Picture Quote #1

Everyone sees different things Picture Quote #1

It’s hard to close the door on optimistic expectations when you love someone Picture Quote #1

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There are threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected Picture Quote #1

What molds us is what maims us Picture Quote #1

He wondered if this was what clinical depression felt like, a total numbness, a weary lack of hope Picture Quote #1

The world does not have tidy endings. The world does not have neat connections. It is not filled with epiphanies that work perfectly at the moment that you need them Picture Quote #1

It’s good not only to realize that you can’t please all of the people all of the time, but that you don’t want to. There’s a certain type of reader that you don’t ever want to write for Picture Quote #1

I was blessed to grow up in really interesting times and to go back to a home where I was very safe Picture Quote #1

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I’m a detective, but nuns could stonewall Sam Spade into an asylum (Dennis Lehane Quotes) I found that I could write two kinds of short stories: I could write very absurd, kind of surrealistic, funny stories; or I could write very dark, realistic - hyper-realistic - stories. I was never happy with that, because I couldn’t meld the two (Dennis Lehane Quotes) The best thing that can happen to people entering creative professions is the dwindling of all other possibilities (Dennis Lehane Quotes) We were supposed to grow old together, Dolores. Have kids. Take walks under old trees. I wanted to watch the lines etch themselves into your flesh and know when each and every one of them appeared. Die together (Dennis Lehane Quotes) Believe it or not, Marshal, I believe in talk therapy, basic interpersonal skills. I have this radical idea that if you treat a patient with respect and listen to what he’s trying to tell you, you just might reach him. (87) (Dennis Lehane Quotes) She smiled darkly and shook her head. ‘I’m not crazy. I’m not. Of course what else would a crazy person claim? That’s the Kafkaesque genius of it all. If you’re not crazy but people have told the world you are, then all your protests to the contrary just underscore their point. Do you see what I’m saying? (Dennis Lehane Quotes) In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb (Dennis Lehane Quotes) Patrick Kenzie asking a bemused waitress for a newspaper in smalltown USA. ‘It’s like a homepage without a scroll button?’ (Dennis Lehane Quotes) I was not going to use writing for advertising or journalism. I would tend bar, load trucks, chauffeur - do whatever it took. But from the moment I took my first writing workshop, I was a writer (Dennis Lehane Quotes) I won the parental lottery. Most of the kids I grew up with either came from really fractured homes, or really violent ones. I went home to a very traditional, good Irish Catholic family (Dennis Lehane Quotes) I can’t remember coming across a more precise evocation of innocence lost since Golding’s The Lord of the Flies. With The Death of Sweet Mister, Daniel Woodrell has written his masterpiece-spare, dark, and incandescently beautiful. It broke my heart (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. (Dennis Lehane Quotes) Whatever she saw beyond the camera lens, beyond the photographer, beyond anything in the known world probably - wasn’t fit to be seen. (Dennis Lehane Quotes) The best thing that can happen to people entering creative professions is the dwindling of all other possibilities. (Dennis Lehane Quotes) I love television. I think we’re in a renaissance of epic proportion in television now. (Dennis Lehane Quotes) Happiness comes in moments, and then it’s gone until the next time. Could be years. But sadness settles it. (Dennis Lehane Quotes) ... scarred by wisdom she’d never asked for (Dennis Lehane Quotes) Choice, I’ve always believed, is all that separates us from animals (Dennis Lehane Quotes) The foundation of your life is luck. Hard work and talent make up the difference (Dennis Lehane Quotes) The loneliness of another can be shocking when it lays itself bare without warning (Dennis Lehane Quotes) Grief, he said, is carnivorous (Dennis Lehane Quotes) Maybe there are some things we were put on this earth not to know (Dennis Lehane Quotes) Everyone sees different things (Dennis Lehane Quotes) It’s hard to close the door on optimistic expectations when you love someone (Dennis Lehane Quotes) There are threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected (Dennis Lehane Quotes) What molds us is what maims us (Dennis Lehane Quotes) He wondered if this was what clinical depression felt like, a total numbness, a weary lack of hope (Dennis Lehane Quotes) The world does not have tidy endings. The world does not have neat connections. It is not filled with epiphanies that work perfectly at the moment that you need them (Dennis Lehane Quotes) It’s good not only to realize that you can’t please all of the people all of the time, but that you don’t want to. There’s a certain type of reader that you don’t ever want to write for (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 (Dennis Lehane Quotes)

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