--- title: "3 Thief Quotes By James Lee Burke" description: "3 Thief quotes by James Lee Burke. Plus more from James Lee Burke and more Thief sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/james-lee-burke-2289_age_age-is-a-clever-thief-it-takes-a-little_1535192.png" --- > [Age is a clever thief. It takes a little from you each day, so you're not aware of your loss until it'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/age-is-a-clever-thief-it-takes-a-little-from-you-each-day-so-you-re/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/james-lee-burke-2289_age_age-is-a-clever-thief-it-takes-a-little_1535192.png) > [“Age is a clever thief. It takes a little from you each day, so you're not aware of your loss until it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/age-is-a-clever-thief-it-takes-a-little-from-you-each-day-so-you-re-2/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62a/james-lee-burke-2289_thief_age-is-a-clever-thief-it-takes-a-little_2316279.png) > [Age is a peculiar kind of thief. It slips up on you and steps inside your skin and is so quiet and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/age-is-a-peculiar-kind-of-thief-it-slips-up-on-you-and-steps-inside/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/787/james-lee-burke-2289_age_age-is-a-peculiar-kind-of-thief-it-slips_2670461.png) ## Other authors on Thief - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-markus-zusak-64459.jpg) Markus Zusak 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thief/markus-zusak/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thief/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terry-pratchett-89528.jpg) Terry Pratchett 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thief/terry-pratchett/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tarryn-fisher-88958.jpg) Tarryn Fisher 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thief/tarryn-fisher/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-megan-whalen-turner-66322.jpg) Megan Whalen Turner 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thief/megan-whalen-turner/) - [Israelmore Ayivor 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thief/israelmore-ayivor/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-herbert-37751.jpg) George Herbert 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thief/george-herbert/) ## More by James Lee Burke > [“Why don’t you try to make me feel bad?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/why-don-t-you-try-to-make-me-feel-bad/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) > [ But the participants \[in war\] never forgot the details of their experience, and like the Wandering Jew, they were condemned to remain their own… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/but-the-participants-in-war-never-forgot-the-details-of-their/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) > [“A wet cigarette butt clung to my cheek like a mashed cockroach. I could smell whiskey and beer in my clothes and Gable’s blood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/a-wet-cigarette-butt-clung-to-my-cheek-like-a-mashed-cockroach-i/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) > [“And I suppose that what I have learned is a lesson that the years, or self-concern, had begun to hide from me, namely, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/and-i-suppose-that-what-i-have-learned-is-a-lesson-that-the-years-or/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) > [“The Homeric Epic does not have to be discovered inside a book; it begins just west of Fort Worth and extends all the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/the-homeric-epic-does-not-have-to-be-discovered-inside-a-book-it/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) > [“The best moments in life are not the kind many historians record.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/the-best-moments-in-life-are-not-the-kind-many-historians-record/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) > [“I would almost forget about Ida Durbin. But a sin of omission, if indeed that's what it was, can be like the rusty head…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/i-would-almost-forget-about-ida-durbin-but-a-sin-of-omission-if/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) > [The best thing about being a best-selling writer is being a best-selling writer. More seriously, today I can write full time and pay the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/the-best-thing-about-being-a-best-selling-writer-is-being-a-best/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) > [If there is any human tragedy, there is only one, and it occurs when we forget who we are and remain silent while a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/if-there-is-any-human-tragedy-there-is-only-one-and-it-occurs-when-we/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) > [I sometimes subscribe to the belief that all historical events occur simultaneously, like a dream in the mind of God. Perhaps it is only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/i-sometimes-subscribe-to-the-belief-that-all-historical-events-occur/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) > [“If people stick together, they can always make do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/if-people-stick-together-they-can-always-make-do/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) > [“When a man molests a woman or girl, he steals her identity. You don't know who you are anymore. You don't have an address…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/when-a-man-molests-a-woman-or-girl-he-steals-her-identity-you-don-t/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) > [writing is like being in love. You never get better at it or learn more about it. The day you think you do is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/writing-is-like-being-in-love-you-never-get-better-at-it-or-learn/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) > [“beautiful street in the Western world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/beautiful-street-in-the-western-world/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) > [Using a first-person narrator is simply a matter of hearing the voice inside yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lee-burke/using-a-first-person-narrator-is-simply-a-matter-of-hearing-the-voice/) [James Lee Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lee-burke/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thief/james-lee-burke/#itemlist", "name": "3 Thief Quotes By James Lee Burke", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Age is a clever thief. 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