Family Quote by Dennis Lehane

He wondered if this was what clinical depression felt like, a total numbness, a weary lack of hope.

— Dennis Lehane

I held her, he wanted to say, and if I knew for certain that all it would take to hold her again would be…

— Dennis Lehane

“Everyone I know lies, breaks their word, and has perfectly legitimate excuses for why they do. Except you. Haven't you ever noticed that? Two…

— Dennis Lehane

“If a man was lucky, he was moving toward something his whole life.”

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“After my daughter was born, I'd considered buying a shotgun to ward off potention suitors fourteen or so years up the road. Now, as…

— Dennis Lehane

“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…

— Dennis Lehane

“And she was-definitely-a woman who did not shrink from gauntlets, but stepped up to them, and said, Okay, bring it. Bring your worst. I…

— Dennis Lehane

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

— Dennis Lehane

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

— Dennis Lehane

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…

— Dennis Lehane

“It’s been a complicated decade for me.” She”

— Dennis Lehane

“The only people who ask questions like ‘Did he want to be something besides a bartender?’ are people who can become whatever they want.…

— Dennis Lehane