The Convict and Other Stories Quotes

“the grief that it brought seemed to be, because it did not obey its own nature and cauterize itself with time, and he was not sure that it ever would. He thought possibly he had come to understand the axiom You just live with it. Yes, he thought, you don’t confront and overcome it; you don’t accept it stoically; you just carry it around like a tumor and ignore the black lines that spread along the veins.”
― James Lee Burke, The Convict and Other Stories

“Satch, what you done in last Saturday’s ball game ain’t worth piss on a rock.”
― James Lee Burke, The Convict and Other Stories