Books Quote by Lawrence Block

If fate sends you a lemon, use it to make lemonade.

— Lawrence Block

“She made love with the freshness of an impatient virgin and the ingenuity of a sex-scarred whore.”

— Lawrence Block

“that would have hidden the decades of filth that had left their stamp upon the wooden floor.”

— Lawrence Block

Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you…

— Lawrence Block

And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going.

— Lawrence Block

I don't plan an awful lot in life just as I don't plan an awful lot in my fiction.

— Lawrence Block

“Your unconscious mind takes the things you can’t handle and plays with them while you sleep until some of the sharp corners are worn…

— Lawrence Block

Dangerous thing, giving humanity the knowledge of good and evil. And the capacity to make the wrong choice more often than not.

— Lawrence Block

Back then, before it became clear that democracy was best served by a drunken electorate, the bars in New York City were required to…

— Lawrence Block

I’ve tried writing and the sentences come out fine, but I write a few pages and I don’t want to go on.

— Lawrence Block

As a friend of mine, herself a writer, says, 'People who spend the most meaningful hours of their lives in the exclusive company of…

— Lawrence Block

“My crime seemed destined to remain a secret forever.”

— Lawrence Block