“Inside, cooking smells maneuvered through the house: cow liver, sweet potatoes, stewed onions, cabbage - scents that were as assertive as colors.” — Ron Hansen Food Copy Share Image
“You hear people mention being in love. It's like a sickness I've never had.” — Ron Hansen Love Copy Share Image
“Then the night lessened, the clouds ashened slightly, and the men became starkly black and brown against the gray of the snow.” — Ron Hansen Flower Copy Share Image
“A man of principles," Jesse said. "People say that about themselves when really they only want to make you unhappy.” — Ron Hansen Integrity Copy Share Image
“Do you know what it is you're most afraid of?" "Yes." "What?" "I'm afraid of being forgotten," Bob said, and having admitted… — Ron Hansen Afraid Copy Share Image
“He also had a condition that was referred to as granulated eyelids and it caused him to blink more than usual, as… — Ron Hansen Assassination Copy Share Image
“Jesse said, "You know what we are, Tim? We're nighthawks. We're the ones who go out at night and guard everything so… — Ron Hansen Peace Copy Share Image
“Bob was not yet twenty, after all, while Jesse was thirty-four and in physical decline; each calendar week subtracted from Jesse the… — Ron Hansen Subtracted Jesse Copy Share Image
“Bob slid his chair back and moved the coal-oil lamp from the kitchen to the sitting room. He said, "Oftentimes things seem… — Ron Hansen Moved Coal Copy Share Image
“but nothing upset and preoccupied him like the phrase whatever they dread most, that will happen. It seemed more than a simple… — Ron Hansen Curse Copy Share Image
“They weren't penitent over what they'd attempted; their sorrow reached to the limits of their bodies and no further, all their anguish… — Ron Hansen Sorrow Copy Share Image
“Jesse rounded forward under the towel and cozied his feet in the bath water. It was as if no one else were… — Ron Hansen Copy Share Image
“Her ravings were so crowded with recriminations and insults and petitions, with weeping and caterwauling and wild expressions of love, that it… — Ron Hansen Expressions of love Copy Share Image
“He had given work to a nightwalker named Dorothy Evans and gradually became beguiled by her. She was a plump, pretty, cattleman's… — Ron Hansen Brown hair Copy Share Image
“Then I knelt heedfully upright and mentally prayed as we'd been instructed to do, some scared and scientific part of me assaying… — Ron Hansen Grace Copy Share Image
“He was increasingly irritable and suspicious, and a cantankerous mood could fly over him as quickly as the shadow of a bird.… — Ron Hansen Mind Copy Share Image
“Charley's consumption and indigestion had only become more lacerating; his eye sockets were as deep and dark as fistholes in the snow,… — Ron Hansen Gypsy Copy Share Image
“A human judge who viewed his soul would have condemned him, he thought; exacted some penalty; spurned him. But he felt in… — Ron Hansen Blessed sacrament Copy Share Image
“He said, "He was bigger than you can imagine, and he couldn't get enough to eat. He was hungry all the time.… — Ron Hansen Dining room Copy Share Image
“Craig inscribed something in the journal and Bob walked over to study the entry. "Does the name Bob Ford mean anything to… — Ron Hansen Said Bob Copy Share Image
“So it went. Bob was increasingly cynical, leery, uneasy; Jesse was increasingly cavalier, merry, moody, fey, unpredictable. If his gross anatomy suggested… — Ron Hansen Cold weather Copy Share Image
“Graham and the undertaker's assistants strapped the body to a wide board with a rope that crossed under his right shoulder and… — Ron Hansen Eyes looking Copy Share Image
“Charley looked over at him. "About how much you and Jesse have in common." Jesse said, "Why don't you tell it, Bob;… — Ron Hansen Brotherhood Copy Share Image
“We try to be formed and held and kept by him, but instead he offers us freedom. And now when I try… — Ron Hansen Freedom Copy Share Image
“No one talked as Jesse moved - it was as if his acts were miracles of invention wonderous to behold.” — Ron Hansen Miracles Copy Share Image
“Tim collected his gifts within the metal hoop and then pestered Santa for more, investigating pockets, sticking his hands into straw, lifting… — Ron Hansen Santa Copy Share Image
“For the man was canny, he was intuitive, he anticipated everything. He continually looked over his shoulders, he looked into the background… — Ron Hansen Children Copy Share Image
