Sleepers
Lorenzo Carcaterra
Top 10 Best Quotes
“The night and the streets were ours and the future lay sparkling ahead. And we thought we would know each other forever.”
“Live then, beloved children of my heart, and never forget that, until the day God deigns to reveal the future to man, the sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words; Wait and Hope.”
“Revenge. Sweet lasting revenge. And now it was time for all of us to get a taste.”
“It’s time for quiet, Shakes,’ Michael said, staring down at the ground. ‘That I do know. Give things a rest. Find a spot where I can shut my eyes and not have to see the places I’ve been. Maybe I’ll even get lucky and forget I was ever there.”
“I did my job,” the lawyer said. “The sworn oath of the mediocre,” Father Bobby said.”
“I am the only one who can speak for them, and for the children we were.”
“Those cries can be heard through the thickest walls. They can cut through concrete and skin and reach deep into the dark parts of a lost boy’s soul. They are cries that change the course of a life, that trample innocence and snuff out goodness.”
“We were just somethin' for you and your friends to play with.”
“We had nothing else - no money, no bikes, no summer camps, no vacations. Nothing, except one another. To us, that was all that mattered.”
“Only then could I move away from the wails of the walking dead and feel, for a fragment of time, that I was still alive.”
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