“At that moment, Dave would have lifted a house for Jimmy, held it up to his chest until Jimmy told him where… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“Those eyes, Teddy thought. Even frozen in time, they howled. You wanted to climb inside the picture and say, 'No, no, no.… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“And she was-definitely-a woman who did not shrink from gauntlets, but stepped up to them, and said, Okay, bring it. Bring your… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“It was the lack of a clear reason that got to her most, & it stabbed her that a relationship that had… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
Waking, after all, was an almost natal state. You surfaced without history, then spent the blinks and yawns reassembling your past, shuffling… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“and she was so simply his love, his girl, watching him approach as if she were memorizing him and his walk and… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“The sound of her breathing reminded me, as it so often did, of how vulnerable she was. And how vulnerable we were… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“You’ve mislaid your trust in the past, had your faith in people broken, shattered even. You’ve been betrayed. Lied to. So you’ve… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
I believe in God. Maybe not the Catholic God or even the Christian one because I have a hard time seeing any… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“I've built something valuable here. But valuable things also have a way of being misunderstood in their own time. Everyone wants a… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“for a moment, distant. “It’s what you do,” Teddy said softly. “Sure,” Chuck said eventually, his face still flushed. The dock appeared… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
Happiness comes in moments, & then it's gone until the next time. Could be years. But sadness settles it. — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
I was blessed to grow up in really interesting times and to go back to a home where I was very safe. — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
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… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
He wondered if this was what clinical depression felt like, a total numbness, a weary lack of hope. — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
I held her, he wanted to say, and if I knew for certain that all it would take to hold her again would be… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“Everyone I know lies, breaks their word, and has perfectly legitimate excuses for why they do. Except you. Haven't you ever noticed that? Two… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“If a man was lucky, he was moving toward something his whole life.” — dennis lehane Copy Share Image
“After my daughter was born, I'd considered buying a shotgun to ward off potention suitors fourteen or so years up the road. Now, as… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“I once again felt an odd flush of admiration for my partner's faith in a religion I had long ago abandoned. She doesn't advertise… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“And she was-definitely-a woman who did not shrink from gauntlets, but stepped up to them, and said, Okay, bring it. Bring your worst. I… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“Jimmy looked back over at his wife, and Celeste could feel the tenderest of aches in the look. She could feel another teardrop piece… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“She told him that he had the most beautiful voice she'd ever heard, that it sounded like whiskey and wood smoke.” — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
My daughter squealed again and both Bubba and I winced. It’s not an attractive sound, that. It’s high-pitched and it enters your ear canals… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“The only people who ask questions like ‘Did he want to be something besides a bartender?’ are people who can become whatever they want.… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
