"Love and hate hold hands always so it made natural sense that they'd get confused by upset married folk in the wee hours once in a while and a nosebleed or bruised breast might result. But it just seemed proof that a great foulness was afoot in the world when a no-strings roll in the hay with a stranger led to chipped teeth or cigarette burns on the wrist."

--

Source : Daniel Woodrell (2012). “Winter's Bone”, p.32, Hachette UK

Daniel Woodrell

#Hate Quotes #Confused Quotes #Hands Quotes

“But evil fortune has decreed, (The foe of mice as well as men) The royal mouse at last should bleed, Should fall ne'er to arise again.”

Source : Aaron Hill, James Cawthorn, Michael Bruce (1822). “The Poems of Hill, Cawthorn, and Bruce”, p.308
“My radio show is actually the conclusion to my week. Which means there'll be 20% of what's happened to me during those five days, on my show. If I don't do my radio show I actually feel lost! It's like the bookends - the beginning and the end of the week and the whole thing comes together. So for me it is important.”
“It wasn't even 8:00 yet. Pretty early for such deep thoughts.”
“That's absurd," I said with a little laugh. "Nobody can read too much. That's like saying someone breathes too much.”

Source : Lynn Austin (2011). “Wonderland Creek”, p.10, Bethany House
“If I was getting harder, it was in response to the world around me.”
“That's why I write fiction, because I want to write these stories that people will read and find universal.”

Source : "In ‘Salvage the Bones,’ Jesmyn Ward Tells Personal Story of Hurricane Katrina". Interview with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. August 26, 2011.
“Christ's followers cannot expect better treatment in the world than their Master had.”

Source : Matthew Henry, Leslie F. Church (1992). “The NIV Matthew Henry Commentary in One Volume: Based on the Broad Oak Edition”, p.6350, Harper Collins
“I want to live quietly.”

You may also like:

Chris Offutt
Writer
Debra Granik
Film director
Donald Ray Pollock
Writer
James Lee Burke
Author
John Hawkes
Film actor
Ken Bruen
Writer
Megan Abbott
Author
Ron Rash
Poet
Tom Franklin
Fiction writer