“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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“That uncomfortable buzzing in your head is the hum of thought. I know the sensation must be quite unfamiliar.”
― Joe Hill, quote from 20th Century Ghosts
“Cum spune Virilio, războiul nu apare câtuși de puțin când omul aplică omului raportul de vânător pe care îl avea cu animalul, ci, din contră, atunci când captează forța animalului vânat pentru a intra cu omul într-un cu totul alt raport, care e cel de război (inamic, nu pradă).Nu e deci de mirare că mașina de război este invenția nomazilor crescători de animale: creșterea și dresarea animalelor nu se confundă nici cu vânătoarea primitivă, nici cu domesticirea sedentară, ci reprezintă, tocmai, descoperirea unui sistem proiector și proiectil. ...’ În încălecare, se conservă energia cinetică, viteza calului, nu proteinele (motorul, nu carnea). Pe când la vânătoare, vânătorul urmărea să oprească mișcarea animalului sălbatic printr-o ucidere sistematică, crescătorul începe să o conserve și, prin intermediul dresajului, cel care încalecă animalul se asociază acestei mișcări, orientând-o și provocându-i accelerarea.”
― Gilles Deleuze, quote from A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
“Her hand fluttered over her heart. "Did you just say the word shopping without flinching?"
"I did. So?"
"So, that's gotta be a record. It's a worldwide fact men hate shopping."
"How can I hate it when I've never done it?"
Her lips curled into a slow, beautiful smile. "If you weren't already an angel, I'd dub you a saint. Poor guy. You have no idea what you're in for.”
― Gena Showalter, quote from Wicked Nights
“As his older sister, it was my job to lie to him in the name of easing his troubled mind.”
― Jennifer Bosworth, quote from Struck
“It isn't always easy between us, I admit that. But it's right between us, always."
-Leon Grey”
― Caragh M. O'Brien, quote from Prized
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