Matt Abraham > Quotes

“Her shoulder length hair was the color of pitch and looked like it only had casual relationships with the brushes it knew.”
― Matt Abraham, Dane Curse

“Water stains like liver spots dotted the floors, ceiling, and walls while the smell of warm wood rot hung in the air thick like an old whore’s perfume.”
― Matt Abraham, Dane Curse

“The secret is to stay busy, to have hobbies. Do you have hobbies, Dane?” “Yeah, whiskey.” The Prof laughed. “That’s not a hobby. A hobby is something that improves your outlook on life.” I gave him a shrug. “Whiskey fulfills that requirement.”
― Matt Abraham, Dane Curse

“Would you like some ice?” “Sure. If it’s not too much trouble I’ll take it in a glass, floating in whiskey.”
― Matt Abraham, Dane Curse

“The man moved effortlessly from group to group, pressing more flesh than an eight-armed masseuse,”
― Matt Abraham, Dane Curse

“And with their warning declared they followed their charge as subtle as a leprechaun with metal hands and a pear shaped beanbag chair with legs could be.”
― Matt Abraham, Dane Curse

“I looked at the paper. Maps were more accurate back when they thought you could sail off them.”
― Matt Abraham, Dane Curse

“A silence thick like Georgia air in summer settled over us.”
― Matt Abraham, The Coconut Swindle

“New York. Not a bad town if you’re into second cities.”
― Matt Abraham, Dane Curse

“I’d tell you anything you wanted to know. Probably even my real weight.”
― Matt Abraham, Dane Curse

“Her broad brimmed hat cast a shadow over a pair of almond eyes so smoky they could teach a Navajo communications course,”
― Matt Abraham, The Coconut Swindle

“Yeah that’s true, I saw it once. Guy bigger than you, tougher too, died in a pool of his own everything.”
― Matt Abraham, Dane Curse

“She knelt down and gently upended the urn, pouring her brother out with care, and the water, blue and clean, scooped up Anthony “Firewall” Marcus and took everything he ever was, and everything he’d ever hope to be, out with the tide.”
― Matt Abraham, The Coconut Swindle

“Her smile was so wry she could’ve used both lips to make a Reuben.”
― Matt Abraham, The Coconut Swindle

“She was wearing a long, tight black dress that pushed her fun parts up like a vanilla soufflé, and it had a slit on the side high enough to let her thigh peek through to make a few promises it didn’t intend to keep. Below all that, on her two tiny feet, she had a pair of black heels so high the person who made them must’ve needed building permits, and the way she moved in all of it would make a jungle cat jealous.”
― Matt Abraham, Dane Curse

“he led us to a table so far back we may have changed zip codes.”
― Matt Abraham, Dane Curse

“She was full of warm hues and dark curves, and actually looked better than the night before, but she moved the same way, swaying back and forth with a body that looked like it never heard of old man gravity. I drank in every step.”
― Matt Abraham, Dane Curse

“They had powerful friends, and their friend’s friends had legs that made me look twice.”
― Matt Abraham, Dane Curse

“She was full of warm hues and dark curves, and actually looked better than the night before, but she moved the same way, swaying back and forth with a body that looked like it never heard of old man gravity.”
― Matt Abraham