Winter's Bone
Daniel Woodrell
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Never. Never ask for what ought to be offered.”
“The heart's in it then, spinning dreams, and torment is on the way. The heart makes dreams seem like ideas.”
“You got to be ready to die every day - then you got a chance.”
“The heart makes dreams seem like ideas.”
“Long, dark, and lovely she had been, in those days before her mind broke and the parts scattered and she let them go.”
“Pine trees with low limbs spread over fresh snow made a stronger vault for the spirit than pews and pulpits ever could.”
“This is how sudden things happened that haunted forever.”
“Ree, brunette and sixteen, with milk skin and abrupt green eyes, stood bare-armed in a fluttering yellowed dress, face to the wind, her cheeks reddening as if smacked and smacked again.”
“She would never cry where her tears might be seen and counted against her.”
“Love and hate hold hands always so it made natural sense that they'd get confused by upset married folk in the wee hours once in a while and a nosebleed or bruised breast might result. But it just seemed proof that a great foulness was afoot in the world when a no-strings roll in the hay with a stranger led to chipped teeth or cigarette burns on the wrist.”
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Book Keywords:
sadness, hillbilly, decisions
