Every day Quote by Dennis Lehane

““Do you know what it’s like to fight with someone every day? Someone who claims to dislike conflict but who in fact lives for it?””

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“I once again felt an odd flush of admiration for my partner's faith in a religion I had long ago abandoned. She doesn't advertise it or announce it at every turn, and she has nothing but scorn for the patriarchal hierarchy that runs the church, but she nevertheless holds firm to a belief in the religion and ritual with a…

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“Jimmy looked back over at his wife, and Celeste could feel the tenderest of aches in the look. She could feel another teardrop piece…

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“She told him that he had the most beautiful voice she'd ever heard, that it sounded like whiskey and wood smoke.”

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