“Hopper was neither an illustrator nor a narrative painter. His paintings don’t tell stories. What they do is suggest—powerfully, irresistibly—that there are… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
“We turned out to be good for each other. For a stitch of time all the hard questions went away and hid… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
“What time is it?" "Time?" "Time." "Oh," She said. "A quarter to four. Mr. Markham, something terrible has happened." She didn't have… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else. — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
“It's enough of a strain killing people. I've no time for deer. --Mick Ballou” — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
Asking me why I did or didn't do anything is generally pointless. How do I know? And asking me what I'll do… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
“Everybody tells me what a timesaver the Internet is, and how they can't believe they ever got along without it. And I… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
“She made love with the freshness of an impatient virgin and the ingenuity of a sex-scarred whore.” — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
“that would have hidden the decades of filth that had left their stamp upon the wooden floor.” — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going. — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
I don't plan an awful lot in life just as I don't plan an awful lot in my fiction. — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
“Your unconscious mind takes the things you can’t handle and plays with them while you sleep until some of the sharp corners are worn… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
Dangerous thing, giving humanity the knowledge of good and evil. And the capacity to make the wrong choice more often than not. — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
Back then, before it became clear that democracy was best served by a drunken electorate, the bars in New York City were required to… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
I’ve tried writing and the sentences come out fine, but I write a few pages and I don’t want to go on. — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
As a friend of mine, herself a writer, says, 'People who spend the most meaningful hours of their lives in the exclusive company of… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image