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Quote by James Lee Burke

“Age is a clever thief. It takes a little from you each day, so you're not aware of your loss until it'd irreversible.”

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James Lee Burke is an American author born on December 5, 1936. Known for his unique detective and crime novels, Burke's works are renowned for their deep Southern setting and complex character development. more

“I also believe my home state is cursed by ignorance and poverty and racism, much of it deliberately inculcated to control a vulnerable electorate. And I believe many of the politicians in Louisiana are among the most stomach-churning examples of white trash and venality I have ever known. To me, the fact that large numbers of people find them humorously picaresque is mind numbing, on a level with telling fond tales of one's rapist.”

Source: Creole Belle: A Dave Robicheaux Novel

“But perhaps age has taught me that the earth is still new, molten at the core and still forming, that black leaves in the winter forest will crawl with life in the spring, that our story is ongoing and it is indeed a crime to allow the heart's energies to dissipate with the fading of light on the horizon.”

Heart Stills Stories Light Age Earth Energy Black Crime Taught Spring Winter Core Forests Horizon Ongoing Fading

Book:A Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set: Neon Rain, Heaven's Prisoners, Excerpt from The Glass Rainbow

Source: A Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set: Neon Rain, Heaven's Prisoners, Excerpt from The Glass Rainbow

“There's no substitute for loyalty.”

Loyalty Substitutes

Author:James Lee Burke

“Let it Ride channels Elmore Leonard at the height of his powers, with dialogue Quentin Tarantino would kill for.”

Dialogue Height Quentin Tarantino

Author:Ken Bruen

“Freud was one of the greatest influences on me. He made myth into psychiatry, and I've been trying to turn it back into myth again.”

Trying Made Turns Influence Myth Psychiatry

Author:Ross Macdonald

“I wanted to write as well as I possibly could to deal with life-and-death problems in contemporary society. And the form of Wilkie Collins and Graham Greene, of Hammett and Chandler, seemed to offer me all the rope I would ever need.”

Needs Writing Wells Problem Wanted Form Deals Offers Contemporary Life And Death Rope Contemporary Society

Author:Ross Macdonald

“I, of course, wanted to do something with Drew Barrymore. Please. So we were reading scripts back and forth and then we found this script, Fever Pitch...”

Wanted Courses Reading Found Please Scripts Back And Forth Fever Fever Pitch

Author:Jimmy Fallon

“Hell lies at the bottom of the human heart.”

Humans Heart Lying Hell Bottom Envy Human Heart Envied Jealousy Envy

Author:Ross Macdonald

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