Moon Lake Quotes

“A shadowy shape only a little smaller than a rhinoceros in platform shoes stood over me.”
― Joe R. Lansdale, Moon Lake

“The lightning danced along the sky and sizzled among the trees, reverberated with butt-clenching snaps and crackles, and strobed briefly through the limbs and leaves.”
― Joe R. Lansdale, Moon Lake

“Just give the switch a quick flick. First time I turned it on, I managed to touch the wire instead of the switch and got lit up well enough I damn near sucked my panties up through my asshole. I could taste them in my mouth.”
― Joe R. Lansdale, Moon Lake

“It was like someone had jacked up Elvis and driven John Wayne up his ass.”
― Joe R. Lansdale, Moon Lake

“He’s dumb as a bag of fresh horseshit,”
― Joe R. Lansdale, Moon Lake

“It meant I spent less time with my aunt, moving through silence like a ship through fog.”
― Joe R. Lansdale, Moon Lake

“the wipers beating at the rain like a fool waving in a parade.”
― Joe R. Lansdale, Moon Lake

“The water pushed at us like a thug wanting our lunch money.”
― Joe R. Lansdale, Moon Lake

“We were in our broken-down Buick that had come from a time when cars were big and the American dream lay well within reach for just about anyone white and male and straight who wanted to reach for it. All others, take a number and wait.”
― Joe R. Lansdale, Moon Lake