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And like most middle-aged people who hear the clock ticking in their lives, I had come to resent a waste or theft of my time that was greater than any theft of my goods or money.
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It has been my experience that most human stories are circular rather than linear. Regardless of the path we choose, we somehow end up where we commenced - in part, I suspect, because the child who lives in us goes along for the ride.
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I looked at Lucas with the pang that a parent feels when he knows his child will be hurt and that it's no one's fault and that to try to preempt the rites of passage is an act of contempt for the child's courage.
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Hackberry Holland's greatest fear was his fellow man's propensity to act collectively, in militaristic lockstep, under the banner of God and country. Mobs did not rush across town to do good deeds, and in Hackberry's view, there was no more odious taint on any social or political endeavor than universal approval.
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Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
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James Lee Burke
Born:
December 5, 1936
(age 87)
Bio:
James Lee Burke is an American author of mysteries, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series.
Known for:
The Neon Rain (1987)
Cadillac Jukebox (1996)
Crusader's Cross: A Dave Robicheaux Novel (2005)
Purple cane road (2000)
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