Helen Hanson > Quotes

“Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll.”
― Helen Hanson

“Clint shared the close quarters of the holding cell: a young, white punk, pierced and tattooed, who passed out on the bench soon after he arrived; a pair of tailored, older men, one black, one Hispanic, argued over a petty drug deal gone awry; an obese Chinese pickpocket muttered to himself in Cantonese. Here, the melting pot that is America displayed her dingiest hue. An odor”
― Helen Hanson, 3 Lies

“does not matter if I like him.” He sat quite close to Amir. “I do not trust him. What he does elsewhere is of no matter, but when my ass is on the line, I care. Deeply.”
― Helen Hanson, 3 Lies

“On Boston’s municipal infraction scale, littering ranked somewhere below murder but above petty theft.”
― Helen Hanson, 3 Lies

“move a corpulent posterior off the damn bench and do something.”
― Helen Hanson, 3 Lies

“Grief favors no one. Even with its inevitability, we are never really prepared when it comes our way. And it’s our response to it that determines our next steps whether careful or cavalier. While we may share experiences, pain is a singularly individual sport. May it never hold us captive.”
― Helen Hanson, Ocean of Fear

“Flames licked his central nervous system.”
― Helen Hanson, 3 Lies

“There were no guarantees Clint would pay it. Part of her prayed he wouldn’t.”
― Helen Hanson, 3 Lies