“if there is no feet at your feet, do not lift rocks at the side of the road.” — Andre Dubus III Copy Share Image
“Her thighs are oiled and dark, and oblivion never felt as good as it does now,” — Andre Dubus III Heart Copy Share Image
“She was speaking again, her voice like the chirp of a bird who has flown into a black tunnel but does not… — Andre Dubus III Copy Share Image
“When I thought of the word "man," I could only think of those who could defend themselves and those they loved.” — Andre Dubus III Language Copy Share Image
“Sometimes in this life, only one or two opportunities are put before us and we must seize them no matter the risk.” — Andre Dubus III Goals Copy Share Image
“If there is no snake at your feet, do not lift rocks at the side of the road.” — Andre Dubus III Rocks Copy Share Image
“He thought of winter coming, how it's the only season that stays like it will never leave;” — Andre Dubus III Flower Copy Share Image
“it's almost easier being down and alone than when you re up and no one s there to share the view with… — Andre Dubus III Copy Share Image
“And that's what I wanted: obliteration. Decimation. Just an instant smear of me right out of all this rising and falling and… — Andre Dubus III Copy Share Image
Most of the time I feel stupid, insensitive, mediocre, talentless and vulnerable - like I'm about to cry any second - and… — Andre Dubus III Copy Share Image
“If my father had been working at the 7-Eleven in Wyoming last night, what would he have done? Would he have gone… — Andre Dubus III Father Copy Share Image
“...it seemed almost inconceivable that in his short marriage to Althea she had, in her quiet way, left him feeling not only… — Andre Dubus III Heart Copy Share Image
“Dat's what they say of this cauntry back home, Kath: 'America, the land of milk and honey.' Bot they never tell you… — Andre Dubus III America Copy Share Image
“But now his body feels like some dumb beast he merely exists inside, and every now and then it lets him know… — Andre Dubus III Mind Copy Share Image
“Then she turned on him in a hundred small ways, each of them minor and not unusual when one human being lived… — Andre Dubus III Copy Share Image
“...joy was something she willed herself to show us, something she raised from deep inside herself as a promise for what could… — Andre Dubus III Heart Copy Share Image
“Soraya-joon, I have done all that I could. Do not be sorry for us. Your mother and I await you upon your… — Andre Dubus III Brother Copy Share Image
“Coming?" Dennis held his arm out for her, a patient smile in his voice. She peered up at him, but he was… — Andre Dubus III Copy Share Image
“It's been six months, Nancy.' 'What's your hurry? It took me a year to get used to living with Carl. I mean,… — Andre Dubus III Marriage advice Copy Share Image
“Letting go of the pipe in the laundry room, he could feel in his throat so many sentences from the night's reading… — Andre Dubus III Laundry Room Copy Share Image
“The house was quiet, my room dark and still. I lay awake and thought of all the good men on TV who'd… — Andre Dubus III Dead soldiers Copy Share Image
“... beach houses along short sandy streets. He can feel her bare forarm brushing his, and it's strange she's being so quiet.… — Andre Dubus III Beach house Copy Share Image
“But I'd run two miles and when I stepped inside our cool, dark house, I yelled up the stairs to Mom, "I… — Andre Dubus III Copy Share Image
“But beneath them all, at the very bottom of the stack, is a worn and slightly tattered magazine called African Mamas Sucking… — Andre Dubus III Black girl Copy Share Image
“If you don’t put 99 percent of yourself into the writing, there will be no publishing career. There’s the writer and there’s… — Andre Dubus III Books Copy Share Image
“But even in September, Thursday was a big money night, seven to eight hundred take-home, and that's what April concentrated on as… — Andre Dubus III Dressing room Copy Share Image
“One of the things I tell the writers with whom I work is, man, when you finish a draft of a poem,… — Andre Dubus III Art Copy Share Image
“He tried to remember her ever being this way before. In her voice--almost overexuberant--was not simply holiday cheer but joyous relief, like… — Andre Dubus III Falling in love Copy Share Image
“It’s easy K. on one side of the page you got your costs and on the other side your benefits. All you… — Andre Dubus III Copy Share Image
“The JD wasn't going down smooth at all. Not like good stuff should. Instead of a warm slow seeping, it seemed to… — Andre Dubus III Copy Share Image
“this I know of life’s difficult times: there is always a time for them to begin and a time for them to… — Andre Dubus III Difficult time Copy Share Image
“I felt more like me than I ever had, as if the years I’d lived so far had formed layers of skin… — Andre Dubus III Writing Copy Share Image
“On my way out with the rest, I glanced back at Bowman. he was on this knees, his hair in his face,… — Andre Dubus III Copy Share Image
“She tried to stand but he had her by the hair and with his other hand he was jerking back and forth… — Andre Dubus III Copy Share Image
“The ocean to my right was maroon, the sky above it silver. There were sand trails through the thick purple ice plant… — Andre Dubus III Moon Copy Share Image
