All Dennis Lehane Quotes
- I loved this woman the way you love ... well, nothing," he said, a note of suprise in his voice. "You can’t compare that kind… Compare
- I held her, he wanted to say, and if I knew for certain that all it would take to hold her again would be to… All
- This world can only give me reminders of what I don't have, can never have, didn't have for long enough. Give
- We were supposed to grow old together, Dolores. Have kids. Take walks under old trees. I wanted to watch the lines etch themselves into your… Appeared
- He wanted to ask her what sound a heart made when it broke from pleasure, when just the sight of someone filled you the way… Air
- Believe it or not, Marshal, I believe in talk therapy, basic interpersonal skills. I have this radical idea that if you treat a patient with… Basic
- Waking, after all, was an almost natal state. You surfaced without history, then spent the blinks and yawns reassembling your past, shuffling the shards into… All
- Charm was the luxury of those who still believed in the essential rightness of things. In purity and picket fences. Believed
- She smiled darkly and shook her head. 'I'm not crazy. I'm not. Of course what else would a crazy person claim? That's the Kafkaesque genius… All
- When I was young, I asked my priest how to get to heaven and still protect yourself from all the evil in the world. He… All
- Whatever she saw beyond the camera lens, beyond the photographer, beyond anything in the known world probably - wasn't fit to be seen. Beyond
- And he hated himself and hated her,too, for the ruin they'd made of each other. Each
- Your first family is your blood family and you always be true to that. That means something. But there's another family and that's the kind… Accident
- I believe in God. Maybe not the Catholic God or even the Christian one because I have a hard time seeing any God as elitist.… Ability
- The world according to Bubba is simple - if it aggravates you, stop it. By whatever means necessary. According
- L.A. burns, and so many other cities smolder, waiting for the hose that will flood gasoline over the coals, and we listen to politicians who… Basics
- There's something ugly about the flawless. Flawless
- And often the worst thing wasn't the victims--they were dead, after all, and beyond any more pain. The worst thing was those who loved them… All
- A pretty face had been damaged by acne scars and she wore and extra forty pounds on her frame like a threat. Her eyes were… Acne
- There are threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected. Affected
- Grief, I swear to God, doesn't live in the heart. It lives in the senses. And sometimes, all I want to do is cut off… All
- The ornament of beauty, Shakespeare wrote, is suspect. And he was right. But beauty itself, unadorned and unaffected, is sacred, I think, worthy of our… Awe
- 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 like… All
- How many psychiatrists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?” “I don’t know. How many?” “Eight.” “Why?” “Oh, stop overanalyzing it. Doe
- Chuck said, “Hey. How many surrealists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?” Cawley looked over at him. “I’ll bite. How many?” “Fish,” Chuck… Bark