Moonlight Mile Quotes

“A pretty face had been damaged by acne scars and she wore and extra forty pounds on her frame like a threat. Her eyes were dull with anger disguised as apathy. If she kept on her current path, she'd grow into the type of person who fed her kids Doritos for breakfast and purchased angry bumper stickers with lots of exclamation points. But right now, she was just another in a long line of pissed-off small-town girls with a shitty outlook.”
― Dennis Lehane

“Driving down 93, I realized once and for all, that I love the things that chafe. The things that fill me with stress so total I can’t remember when a block of it didn’t rest on top of my heart. I love what, if broken, can’t be repaired. What, if lost can’t be replaced.

I love my burdens.”
― Dennis Lehane, Moonlight Mile

“It's odd how fast a beautiful woman can turn a guy's mind into lint storage. Just by being a beautiful woman.”
― Dennis Lehane, Moonlight Mile

“All the stuff our fathers took for granted as long as you worked hard, the great safety net and the fair wage and the gold watch at the end of it all? That's all gone around here, my friend.”
― Dennis Lehane, Moonlight Mile

“You're just pissed off. And when you're pissed off, you lash out.”
― Dennis Lehane, Moonlight Mile

“Goddamn embarrassing what a civilian you've become, man.”
― Dennis Lehane, Moonlight Mile