James Lee Burke Quotes about Heart

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One day you'll have a quiet heart.

Heart, One Day, Quiet

James Lee Burke (2011). “A Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set: Neon Rain, Heaven's Prisoners, Excerpt from The Glass Rainbow”, p.253, Simon and Schuster

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.

James Lee Burke

Spring, Heart, Winter

James Lee Burke (2011). “A Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set: Neon Rain, Heaven's Prisoners, Excerpt from The Glass Rainbow”, p.640, Simon and Schuster

In that moment, when watches and clocks misbehave and you feel a cold vapor wrap itself around your heart, you unconsciously draw a line at the bottom of a long column of numbers and come up with a sum. Perhaps it's one that fills you with contentment and endows you with a level of courage and an acceptance that you didn't know you possessed.Or maybe not.

James Lee Burke

Heart, Acceptance, Numbers

James Lee Burke (2010). “The Glass Rainbow: A Dave Robicheaux Novel”, p.297, Simon and Schuster

James Lee Burke Quotes about Heart

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