Diamonds and Cole Quotes

“When you ain’t got nothin’ you got nothin’ to lose.”
― Micheal Maxwell, Diamonds and Cole

“Home: a place you’re from, not a place you live.”
― Micheal Maxwell, Diamonds and Cole

“Cole flicked a pickle onto the grass just across the sidewalk. He slapped the bun in his hands back together and took a bite. Just not the same as they used to be, he thought. Hamburgers had been his favorite food as a child, now he rarely”
― Micheal Maxwell, Diamonds and Cole

“ate them. Sometimes he wondered, What is the use?”
― Micheal Maxwell, Diamonds and Cole

“Cole’s the eternal pessimist. He doesn’t even believe there’s a glass.”
― Micheal Maxwell, Diamonds and Cole

“said”
― Micheal Maxwell, Diamonds and Cole

“the hospital in years past, former directors, and a big map of the service area provided by the hospital. Green chairs”
― Micheal Maxwell, Diamonds and Cole

“What do you suppose she’s doing today? Cole wondered.”
― Micheal Maxwell, Diamonds and Cole

“pickles. All these years later, he still remembered that. Frowning deeply, he gazed down at the sidewalk. She hated olives, though. They used to order pizza, a large combo, and she would pick off all the olives. He asked her once,”
― Micheal Maxwell, Diamonds and Cole

“Cole flicked a pickle onto the grass just across the sidewalk. He slapped the bun in his hands back together and took a bite. Just not the same as they used to be, he thought. Hamburgers had been his favorite food as a child, now he rarely ate them. Sometimes he wondered, What is the use? He bought the burger only because he needed comfort food. He really wanted mashed potatoes and gravy-dark, thick, heavily peppered gravy. He had no idea where to get gravy like he wanted anymore, so he settled for the burger. On the way to the park, it seemed like just the thing. It wasn’t. Now he just felt like”
― Micheal Maxwell, Diamonds and Cole

“amused. It was the only thing he could do. To his amazement, he started to cry. Real tears ran down his cheeks, and blurred his vision; real tears mixed with the sound of sobbing laughter. He tossed his sunglasses onto the stack of newspapers”
― Micheal Maxwell, Diamonds and Cole

“Mr. Maxwell has traveled the globe, dined with politicians, rock stars and beggars. He has rubbed shoulders with priests and murderers, surgeons and drug dealers, each one giving him a part of themselves that will live again in the pages of his books.”
― Micheal Maxwell, Diamonds and Cole