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Dennis Lehane Quote: “Sometimes, when outrage begat outrage with enough frequency, it threatened the fabric of the universe, and the universe pushed back.”

151. “Sometimes, when outrage begat outrage with enough frequency, it threatened the fabric of the universe, and the universe pushed back.”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “Work and its results always outlived those who labored at it as any Egyptian slave-ghost will tell you.”

152. “Work and its results always outlived those who labored at it as any Egyptian slave-ghost will tell you.”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “One that society can’t forgive, but I can.”

153. “One that society can’t forgive, but I can.”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “Another death. The more I see, the less I know.”

154. “Another death. The more I see, the less I know.”

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Dennis Lehane Quote: “He lay on his side, looking out at the sea. So blue at this time of day, so vibrant as the afternoon died around it. He lay there feeling the breeze on his face and the sea spreading out forever under the darkening sky and he felt so small, so utterly human, but it wasn’t a debilitating feeling. It was an oddly proud one. To be a part of this. A speck, yes. But part of it, one with it. Breathing.”

155. “He lay on his side, looking out at the sea. So blue at this time of day, so vibrant as the afternoon died around it. He lay there feeling the breeze on his face and the sea spreading out forever under the darkening sky and he felt so small, so utterly human, but it wasn’t a debilitating feeling. It was an oddly proud one. To be a part of this. A speck, yes. But part of it, one with it. Breathing.”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “It was one of those sneaky days in late winter where spring came along to get a lay of the land.”

156. “It was one of those sneaky days in late winter where spring came along to get a lay of the land.”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “He understood people a little too well, and the knowledge made him nervous.”

157. “He understood people a little too well, and the knowledge made him nervous.”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “Only a child thinks life is about her wants.”

158. “Only a child thinks life is about her wants.”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “What they didn’t tell you about absolute power was that it was never absolute; the instant you had it, someone had already lined up to try to take it away. Princes could sleep soundly, but never kings. The ear was always tuned for the creak on the.”

159. “What they didn’t tell you about absolute power was that it was never absolute; the instant you had it, someone had already lined up to try to take it away. Princes could sleep soundly, but never kings. The ear was always tuned for the creak on the.”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “She couldn’t adapt to the present, to who they were now, warts and all, so she drove winding lanes into the past to warm herself.”

160. “She couldn’t adapt to the present, to who they were now, warts and all, so she drove winding lanes into the past to warm herself.”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “Yes, yes,” the warden whispered. “’My very chains and I grew friends.”

161. “Yes, yes,” the warden whispered. “’My very chains and I grew friends.”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “Race don’t come into it. They keep us fighting among ourselves like dogs for table scraps so we won’t catch them making off with the feast.”

162. “Race don’t come into it. They keep us fighting among ourselves like dogs for table scraps so we won’t catch them making off with the feast.”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “The sun was beginning to fade, though, and the air – slightly chilled as it slid through the trees – carried with it just the barest hint of rain.”

163. “The sun was beginning to fade, though, and the air – slightly chilled as it slid through the trees – carried with it just the barest hint of rain.”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “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?”

164. “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?”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “Because truth hurts, truth costs, truth upends your world.”

165. “Because truth hurts, truth costs, truth upends your world.”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “But do we lose our past to assure our future?”

166. “But do we lose our past to assure our future?”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “It’s the sea, some men take to it. Some men it takes.”

167. “It’s the sea, some men take to it. Some men it takes.”

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Dennis Lehane Quote: “But how come it’s always the poor who are expected to eat the food that’s good for them no matter how it tastes?”

168. “But how come it’s always the poor who are expected to eat the food that’s good for them no matter how it tastes?”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “She’s only forty-two, which, okay, when she was twelve seemed like one foot over the threshold into God’s waiting room, but now, living it, is an age that makes her feel no different than she always has. She’s twelve, she’s twenty-one, she’s thirty-three, she’s all the ages at the same time. But she isn’t aging. Not in her heart. Not in her mind’s eye.”

169. “She’s only forty-two, which, okay, when she was twelve seemed like one foot over the threshold into God’s waiting room, but now, living it, is an age that makes her feel no different than she always has. She’s twelve, she’s twenty-one, she’s thirty-three, she’s all the ages at the same time. But she isn’t aging. Not in her heart. Not in her mind’s eye.”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “That’s what ghosts are – they’re testaments to what never should have happened and must be fixed before their spirits leave this world.”

170. “That’s what ghosts are – they’re testaments to what never should have happened and must be fixed before their spirits leave this world.”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “How did anyone know where faith developed? One moment, it wasn’t there, the next it was.”

171. “How did anyone know where faith developed? One moment, it wasn’t there, the next it was.”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “I told you, Detective Coyne, that you can’t take everything from someone. You have to leave them something. A crumb. A goldfish. Something to protect. Something to live for. Because if you don’t do that, what in God’s name do you have left to bargain with?”

172. “I told you, Detective Coyne, that you can’t take everything from someone. You have to leave them something. A crumb. A goldfish. Something to protect. Something to live for. Because if you don’t do that, what in God’s name do you have left to bargain with?”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “G’bless. They could add it to the list that includes It is what it is and Whatta ya gonna do. Phrases that provide comfort by removing the speaker’s power. Phrases that say it’s all up to someone else, you’re blameless. Blameless, sure, but powerless too.”

173. “G’bless. They could add it to the list that includes It is what it is and Whatta ya gonna do. Phrases that provide comfort by removing the speaker’s power. Phrases that say it’s all up to someone else, you’re blameless. Blameless, sure, but powerless too.”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “The soul seemed to flower as the body declined.”

174. “The soul seemed to flower as the body declined.”

— Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane Quote: “You told yourself it was okay – because that’s what you had to do to cross a body of water – but it wasn’t.”

175. “You told yourself it was okay – because that’s what you had to do to cross a body of water – but it wasn’t.”

— Dennis Lehane

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