The River Is Dark Quotes

“There’s a weird hole left when one of your parents dies. I think it’s the fact that you’re always trying to live up to their expectations, whether good or bad, and when they’re gone, you realize you’re truly on your own. There’s no one else to answer to.”
― Joe Hart, The River Is Dark

“sepulcher,”
― Joe Hart, The River Is Dark

“susurration”
― Joe Hart, The River Is Dark

“about the plant going up in a small town like this?”
― Joe Hart, The River Is Dark

“He knew Champ was dead, the faithful golden retriever’s body in the garage entry, a blood-sodden and twisted mess that didn’t resemble his closest friend of five years.”
― Joe Hart, The River Is Dark

“Rain washed down the windshield, obscuring the world outside like an oil painting splattered with turpentine. Lightning cut a jagged gash across the sky, which healed with the sound of repeated thunder.”
― Joe Hart, The River Is Dark

“of”
― Joe Hart, The River Is Dark

“The dreaded heart attack that he always imagined stalked him just one cheeseburger out of sight was finally here, and he prayed for it.”
― Joe Hart, The River Is Dark

“You can’t live this way, you know,” she said quietly. “What way?” “Like everything you touch is glass. You can’t live like it all could break at any moment—no one can.”
― Joe Hart, The River Is Dark

“Someone waited for him on the other side in the darkness, someone who was banking on him not running away. He”
― Joe Hart, The River Is Dark

“He could go right out the door and jump into his truck and run away, or he could face the ones that had spilled his brother’s blood on the very floor on which he stood. It wasn’t even a choice.”
― Joe Hart, The River Is Dark

“If it’s any consolation, I was scared out of my mind too.” “Yeah, it gives me great confidence that the guy with the gun was just as terrified as I was.” Dani’s eyes sparkled, and”
― Joe Hart, The River Is Dark

“He looked to his left and saw the outline of a severed arm; to his right, entrails spilled like a pile of skinned snakes. Within the largest spray of blood, he saw a severed head pressed on its cheek,”
― Joe Hart, The River Is Dark

“Crusted bloodstains marred the carpet everywhere, with chunks of matted gore thrusting from their centers, like ebony volcanoes oozing rivers of tissue. A”
― Joe Hart, The River Is Dark

“CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 9 CHAPTER 10 CHAPTER 11 CHAPTER 12 CHAPTER 13 CHAPTER 14 CHAPTER 15 CHAPTER 16 CHAPTER 17 CHAPTER 18 CHAPTER”
― Joe Hart, The River Is Dark

“street—“the drag,” his brother”
― Joe Hart, The River Is Dark

“Are you okay?” The lady sounded more anxious now, and somehow”
― Joe Hart, The River Is Dark

“PROLOGUE His”
― Joe Hart, The River Is Dark

“Jerry was born with two silver spoons, one in his mouth and one up his ass.”
― Joe Hart, The River Is Dark

“with a bed tucked so close to the bathroom that he was sure if he needed to piss in the middle of the night he would only have to roll over and let fly.”
― Joe Hart, The River Is Dark