“He was the antithesis of the gaudy mafiosi”
― Dick Lehr, quote from Black Mass
“press, and Connolly had a plan, a work-in-progress”
― Dick Lehr, quote from Black Mass
“The newly arrived Irish Catholics took immediately to Southie's grievance list with outside force. Indeed, it became holy writ as the community coalesced around church and family, forming a solid phalanx against those who did not understand their ways. Over the decades since then, nothing had galvanized Southies more than a perceived slight by an outsider who would change The Way Things Are.”
― Dick Lehr, quote from Black Mass
“There was some admiration for the way he handled himself. At least back then, there was a sense he would be loyal to his friends. That was the culture of the time. It was incredibly tribal, and the gang affiliation meant so much to poor city kids.”
― Dick Lehr, quote from Black Mass
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“إنظرا إلى هؤلاء الخصيان في الجنائن هناك، لقد أوكلنا إليهم حراسة أجمل فتيات البلاد. وعندهم أعين كأعيننا،وآذان كآذاننا، وحواس كحواسنا، بيد أن بتر صغير في جسدهم كان كافياً لتغيير تصورهم للعالم. فماذا يعني لأحدهم عطر مسكر لون نضر عند فتاة شابة؟ أو ملامسة نهدين عذراوين فتيين؟ لا شيء سوى إحساس مزعج بأن لديه كتلة من اللحم المكتنز دونما فائدة. أنظرا تلك هي نسبية حواسنا. فماذا يهم الأعمى إن أحاطته ألوان حديقة غنّاء؟ والأصم إن صدح حوله تغريد العندليب. وكذلك سحر عذراء لا يثير مشاعر خصي ص 307”
― Vladimir Bartol, quote from Alamut
“We have the same symptoms as tuberculosis, especially in the eyes of the Romantic Poets. Pale, tired, coughing up blood.”
“That’s romantic?”
I had to smile. “Romantic with a capital ‘R.’ You know, like Byron and Coleridge.”
He gave a mock shudder. “Please, stop. I barely passed English Lit.”
I snorted. “I didn’t have that option. One of my aunts took Byron as a lover.”
“Get out.”
“Seriously. It makes Lucy insanely jealous.”
“That girl is . . .”
“My best friend,” I filled in sternly.
“I was only going to say she’s unique.”
― Alyxandra Harvey, quote from My Love Lies Bleeding
“Not likely. Dreams are pretty and usually involve horses or rainbows or castles, or big-”
― Obert Skye, quote from Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo
“Men of power are unwilling to believe anything ill of their own kind.”
― Robin LaFevers, quote from Dark Triumph
“You're afraid to gamble even when you're already dead”
― Paolo Bacigalupi, quote from Ship Breaker
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