Every night Quote by Dennis Lehane

“Teddy laughed, heard the sound of it carry off on the sweep of night air and dissolve in the distant surf, as if it…

— Dennis Lehane

“The cushions of my friend's couch were some kind of rubberized velour, the windows were uncurtained, and at five a.m. the birds were all…

— Garth Risk Hallberg

“He had laid his head back until his scalp had contacted his spine, that far back, and opened his throat, and a sound rose…

— Denis Johnson

“We walked to the edge of the creaky deck. He stood with his chest pressed against my back, arms tight around me. It was…

— Melissa Jensen

“I woke up early and took the first train to take me away from the city. The noise and all its people. I was…

— Charlotte Eriksson

“This Boston voice squeaking out its song. The yellow light goes out the window on the stubs of windy grass and black rocks. And…

— J.P. Donleavy

“And hear across the moan of many seas The whisper and the laughter of my brook.”

— Helen Hay Whitney

“But they hushed, all at once and quite abruptly, when he stood still at center stage, his arms straight out from his shoulders, and…

— Denis Johnson

“Mist rose around us like the souls of drowned sailors, and the only sound was the muted hollow music of waves moving along the…

— Heidi Heilig

“I actually got so drunk I wrapped myself around the toilet bowl of the Scollay Square Cafe and got pissed and puked on all…

— Jack Kerouac

“I walked to Mairangi Bay beach, day after day, seeking companionship in the roar of the ocean, and contemplating the shipwreck of my life.…

— B.G. Bowers

“As the sun went down, I saw a solitary boatman disporting on the smooth lake. The falling dews seemed to strain and purify the…

— Henry David Thoreau