“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
“Then the sun broke above the crest of the hills and the entire countryside looked soaked in blood, the arroyos deep in shadow, the cones of dead volcanoes stark and biscuit-colored against the sky. I could smell pinion trees, wet sage, woodsmoke, cattle in the pastures, and creek water that had melted from snow. I could smell the way the country probably was when it was only a dream in the mind of God.” WayMindCountryDreamWaterSunTreeBloodSkyShadowSmellSnowHillsBrokeWetSageCountrysideStarksCattleVolcanoesPasturesBiscuitsCreeksCones Book:Jesus Out to Sea: Stories Source: Jesus Out to Sea: Stories
“Never read bad stuff if you're an artist; it will impair your own game. I don't know if you ever played competitive tennis, but you learn not to watch bad tennis; it messes up your game. Art's the same way.” IfsKnowsWayArtArtistReadingGamesStuffWatchesMessTennisBad Stuff Author:James Lee Burke
“...and I wonder if there is any way to adequately describe the folly that causes us to undo all the great gifts of both Earth and Heaven.” IfsWayEarthHeavenCausesWonderFollyGreat Gifts Book:Jolie Blon's Bounce: A Novel Source: Jolie Blon's Bounce: A Novel
“Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work.” WayDuesRejectionRejectsRejectedPaymentRejectingRejects You Author:James Lee Burke
