“I believe every...man remembers the girl he thinks he should have married. She reappears to him in his lonely moments, or he sees her in the face of a young girl in the park, buying a snowball under an oak tree by the baseball diamond. But she belongs to back there, to somebody else, and that thought sometimes rends your heart in a way that you never share with anyone else.” ThinkingMenWayShouldBelieveHeartSometimesMomentsRememberFacesYoungGirlI BelieveTreeShareMarriedLonelyShould HaveBaseballEvery ManParksBuyingDiamondOaksOak TreeSnowball Author:James Lee Burke
“I sometimes subscribe to the belief that all historical events occur simultaneously, like a dream in the mind of God. Perhaps it is only man who views time sequentially and tries to impose a solar calendar upon it. What if other people, both dead and unborn, are living out their lives in the same space we occupy, without our knowledge or consent?" The Glass Rainbow, p. 138” PeopleIfsMenTryingMindSometimesDreamBeliefSpaceViewsEventsHistoricalGlassesWhat IfRainbowConsentUnbornCalendarsHistorical Events Book:The Glass Rainbow: A Dave Robicheaux Novel Source: The Glass Rainbow: A Dave Robicheaux Novel
“Hackberry Holland's greatest fear was his fellow man's propensity to act collectively, in militaristic lockstep, under the banner of God and country. Mobs did not rush across town to do good deeds, and in Hackberry's view, there was no more odious taint on any social or political endeavor than universal approval.” MenCountryPoliticalSocialViewsUniversalTownsFellowsDeedsEndeavorApprovalGood DeedsFellow ManBannerPropensityHollandGreatest FearGod And Country Book:The Glass Rainbow: A Dave Robicheaux Novel Source: The Glass Rainbow: A Dave Robicheaux Novel
“Age is a peculiar kind of thief. It slips up on you and steps inside your skin and is so quiet and methodical in its work that you never realize it has stolen your youth until you look into the mirror one morning and see a man you don't recognize.” MenLooksKindAgeRealizingStepsMorningYouthQuietSkinsMirrorsPeculiarSlipsThievesStolenMethodical Book:Creole Belle: A Dave Robicheaux Novel Source: Creole Belle: A Dave Robicheaux Novel
