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There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with.

Harry Crews

If you give someone a white shirt and a tie and a ring of keys you'll find out what kind of a son of a bitch he is. Give them to him in the morning and you'll know before noon.

Harry Crews

There ought to be a law against the sun rising and setting for you in somebody else.

Harry Crews

That was the only decision there was once upon a time: what to do with the night.

Harry Crews

Hell came right along with God, hand in hand. The stink of sulfur swirled in the air of the church, fire burned in the aisles, and brimstone rained out of the rafters. From the evangelist's oven mouth spewed images of a place with pitchforks, and devils, and lakes of fire that burned forever. God had fixed a place like that because he loved us so much.

Harry Crews

Speaks well of a man to need a little something in this world. I wouldn't trust a man who could git through it cold sober.

Harry Crews

Harry Crews

Harry Crews

Born: June 7, 1935

Died: March 28, 2012 (aged 76)

Bio: Harry Eugene Crews was an American novelist, playwright, short story writer and essayist.

Known for:

A feast of snakes (1976)
A childhood, the biography of a place (1978)
The knockout artist (1988)
Scar Lover (1992)
Classic Crews (1993)

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