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> [“I thought you looked like a man with a bridge on fire, she said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gay/i-thought-you-looked-like-a-man-with-a-bridge-on-fire-she-said/)

[William Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gay/)

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## More by William Gay

> [“No move is the wrong move, What? Sometimes any move at all is better than nothin. If you're right, you're one up. If you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gay/no-move-is-the-wrong-move-what-sometimes-any-move-at-all-is-better/)

[William Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gay/)

> [“don't start talkin about books or quotin poems at them. these is good folks but they ain't real crazy about readin books. just do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gay/don-t-start-talkin-about-books-or-quotin-poems-at-them-these-is-good/)

[William Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gay/)

> [“He stayed out of the house, he was much of the time in the woods, he felt like some animal half domesticated but ultimately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gay/he-stayed-out-of-the-house-he-was-much-of-the-time-in-the-woods-he/)

[William Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gay/)

> [“Even when he'd arrived he'd had restless eyes, eyes that were always looking about as if he might notice some place he'd rather be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gay/even-when-he-d-arrived-he-d-had-restless-eyes-eyes-that-were-always/)

[William Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gay/)

> [“Truth had hanged the way the landscape had changed to accommodate progress, altered by each generation to its purpose. He had learned from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gay/truth-had-hanged-the-way-the-landscape-had-changed-to-accommodate/)

[William Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gay/)

> [“I thought you looked like a man with a bridge on fire, she said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gay/i-thought-you-looked-like-a-man-with-a-bridge-on-fire-she-said/)

[William Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gay/)

> [“Julia Bradshaw was part Cherokee Indian. She was small and dark and the inscrutability of her eyes hinted at enigmas a man might unravel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gay/julia-bradshaw-was-part-cherokee-indian-she-was-small-and-dark-and/)

[William Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gay/)

> [“After a while a three-quarter moon eased up over the treeline and the dusty road went white as milk, Rorshach patches of grass bleeding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gay/after-a-while-a-three-quarter-moon-eased-up-over-the-treeline-and-the/)

[William Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gay/)

> [“Fleming doubted all this but he listened anyway and thought with a kind of sardonic amusement that before the night was over life itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gay/fleming-doubted-all-this-but-he-listened-anyway-and-thought-with-a/)

[William Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gay/)

> [“You don't learn that, she said. It's just there. It sounds like he spent his whole life trying to unlearn it. Trying to forget…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gay/you-don-t-learn-that-she-said-it-s-just-there-it-sounds-like-he-spent/)

[William Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gay/)

> [“He was wishing the past was a place you could backtrack to, take a sideroad you'd walked hurriedly past, wake somebody from a bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gay/he-was-wishing-the-past-was-a-place-you-could-backtrack-to-take-a/)

[William Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gay/)

> [“Hardin lived in a world he manipulated day to day, you never knew when a piece of information might have a use. Life was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gay/hardin-lived-in-a-world-he-manipulated-day-to-day-you-never-knew-when/)

[William Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gay/)

> [“Outside in the barnlot he looked up and the pale moon was directly over him and all-encompassing. It appeared to be lowering itself onto…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gay/outside-in-the-barnlot-he-looked-up-and-the-pale-moon-was-directly/)

[William Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gay/)

> [“He seemed to be drawing inward toward some point at which he would be reduced to the fundamental essence of himself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gay/he-seemed-to-be-drawing-inward-toward-some-point-at-which-he-would-be/)

[William Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gay/)

> [“He heard footsteps on the ice and just as someone pounded on the door death came swiftly into the trailer like a physical presence.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gay/he-heard-footsteps-on-the-ice-and-just-as-someone-pounded-on-the-door/)

[William Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gay/)

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