Top 9 Quotes by James Carlos Blake

If you’re afraid to defend your convictions because you might get your ass kicked for it, you’re not really fit to advocate for them.

If you’re afraid to defend your convictions because you might get your ass kicked for it, you’re not really fit to advocate for them.

James Carlos Blake

Might, Fit, Ass

"The GQ&A: James Carlos Blake". Interview with Stayton Bonner, www.gq.com. February 13, 2012.

A man who can laugh at himself is truly blessed, for he will never lack for amusement.

James Carlos Blake

Blessed, Men, Laughing

James Carlos Blake (2010). “Handsome Harry: A Novel”, p.80, Zondervan

Violence is the most elemental truth of life. It's the central shaper of history, the ultimate determiner of whether A or B is going to get his way.

James Carlos Blake

Way, Violence, Truth Of Life

Source: www.gq.com

History is a story of violence at work. It all comes down to the old saw that, however much you can gain with a kind word, you can gain more with a kind word and a gun.

James Carlos Blake

Gun, Stories, Gains

Source: www.gq.com

The shed of leaves became a cascade of red and gold and after a time the trees stood skeletal against a sky of weathered tin. The land lay bled of its colors. The nights lengthened, went darker, brightened in their clustered stars. The chilled air smelled of wood smoke, of distances and passing time. Frost glimmered on the morning fields. Crows called across the pewter afternoons.

James Carlos Blake

Morning, Stars, Distance

Men tend to remember the best things about the women they've loved and to forget the worst, which is why so many men make the same mistakes with women again and again. Women tend to forget the best things about the men they've loved and to remember the worst, which is why so many women become bitter about men.

James Carlos Blake

Mistake, Men, Bitter

James Carlos Blake (2015). “The House of Wolfe: A Border Noir”, p.98, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.