12 quotes found
“There's always a 'she'. Isn't there?”
“One that society can't forgive, but I can.”
“How much violence, Marshal, do you think a man can carry before it breaks him?”
“How many psychiatrists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? I dont know. How many? Eight. Why? Oh, stop overanalyzing it.”
“Teddy wondered, and not for the first time, not by a long shot, if this was the day that missing her would finally be too much for him.”
“But as the years passed, he missed her more, not less, and his need for her became a cut that would not scar over, would not stop leaking.”
“She said once that time is nothing to me but a series of bookmarks that I use to jump back and forth through the text of my life, returning again and again to the events that mark me in the eyes of...”
“Men who believe that the way to the mind is not by way of ice picks through the brain or large dosages of dangerous medicine but through an honest reckoning of the self.”
“Jesus, Dolores, you've got to get yourself together. You've got responsibilities. Think about those sometimes - okay? - and get your fucking head right."Those were the last words his wife heard fro...”
“I think if a man beats you and fucks half the women he sees and no one will help you, axing him isnt the least understandable thing you can do.”
“Chuck said, Hey. How many surrealists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Cawley looked over at him. Ill bite. How many? Fish, Chuck said and let loose a bright bark of a laugh.”
“Got us a full moon too coming tomorrow night. Just make things a whole lot worse. All we need.- Why is that?- Whats that, Marshal?- The full moon. You think it makes people crazy?- I know it does.-...”
