John

“And then along came Hemingway. What a thrill! He knew how to lay down a line. It was a joy. Words weren’t dull, words were things that could make your mind hum. If you read them and let yourself feel the magic, you could live without pain, with hope, no matter what happened to you.”
― Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye

“It's hard to live a good life...It seems like the Devil don't ever let up.”
― Donald Ray Pollock, The Devil All the Time

“A damp, gray sky covered southern Ohio like the skin of a corpse.”
― Donald Ray Pollock, Knockemstiff

“It came very fast and the sun went a dull yellow and then everything was gray and the sky was covered and the cloud came on down the mountain and suddenly we were in it and it was snow.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms