“The waterwheel was twice a man’s height, wider than a man’s two stretched arms. The timbers, braced and bolted with rusty iron were heavy, hand-hewn, swollen with a century of wet. Moss bearded the paddles, which dripped as they rose.… — Joseph Hansen Copy Share Image
“I told myself all that's wrong with us is misunderstanding. That's not good, but it's not the worst. The worst is not having anyone… — Joseph Hansen Copy Share Image
“Something had offended her and failed to apologize. Not lately-long ago. Life probably.” — Joseph Hansen Copy Share Image
“Don't forget, and don't let your reader forget, that the small world in which you have held him for the last hour or two… — Joseph Hansen Copy Share Image
“When people run out of probable things to do, they do improbable things.” — Joseph Hansen Copy Share Image
“You know what kind of a man Lonny Tooker is? The kind of a man that sets broken bird's wings." "Hitler loved dogs and… — Joseph Hansen Copy Share Image
“He put out a hand for Dave to shake. "You're the only new friend of Tom's I've met. And you're just what I expected."… — Joseph Hansen Copy Share Image
“You're a little short on self-awareness. People who are always exacting right behaviour from other people tend to be that way.” — Joseph Hansen Copy Share Image
“It seems important to me that beginning writers ponder this—that since 1964, I have never had a book, story or poem rejected that was… — Joseph Hansen Copy Share Image
“Los Angeles didn't get like this often. He hated it when it did. And this time it was holding on. It had been brutal… — Joseph Hansen Copy Share Image
“It's a four-letter word for a part of the human anatomy but it's not m-i-n-d.” — Joseph Hansen Copy Share Image
“And you never even reported it. You should have reported it. I could have took fingerprints. I'd love to lock up them skinheads." "What… — Joseph Hansen Copy Share Image
