Best Dennis Lehane Sayings
- Do you honestly think Lenin is any different from J.P. Morgan? That you, if you were given absolute power, would behave any differently? Do you… Absolute
- Do you know the primary difference between men and gods? ... Gods don’t think they can become men Become Men
- Life isn't happily ever after... It's work. The person you love is rarely worthy of how big your love is. Because no one is worthy… Big
- ...I normally can't stand vice-free people. They conflate a narcissistic instinct for self-preservation with moral superiority. Plus they suck the life right out of a… Free
- The brain controls pain. It controls fear. Sleep. Empathy. Hunger. Everything we associate with the heart or the soul or the nervous system is actually… Associate
- If you are deemed insane, then all actions that would oherwise prove you are not do, in actuality, fall into the framework of an insane… Action
- She was afraid of all that and so much more, but what terrified her most was inside of her, an insect of unnatural intelligence who’d… Across
- ... scarred by wisdom she'd never asked for. Asked
- How am I supposed to let you go, that's all I'm asking. I want to hold you again, smell you, and, yes too, I just… All
- That's the thing about being a victim; you start to think it'll happen to you on a regular basis. It's living with the reality of… Bases
- It's hard to close the door on optimistic expectations when you love someone. Close
- Everyone sees different things. Different Things
- Maybe there are some things we were put on this earth not to know. Earth
- There are so many more important things to worry about than how you're perceived by strangers. Important
- Grief, he said, is carnivorous. Carnivorous
- In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb. Curb
- What's your name?" "Emma Gould," she said. "What's yours?" "Wanted." "By all the girls or just the law? All
- The foundation of your life is luck. Hard work and talent make up the difference. Difference
- Which would be worse, to live as a monster or to die as a good man? Die