I had been born shoved to the margins of the world, sure, but I had volunteered for the pits.

~ Daniel Woodrell

Daniel Woodrell Depression Hillbilly Noir Self Knowledge

The old man had been tanned by the light of too many beer signs, and it just goes to show that you can’t live on three packs of Chesterfields and a fifth of bourbon a day without starting to drift far too fuckin’ wide in the turns.

~ Daniel Woodrell

Daniel Woodrell Aging Grim Hard Boiled Hard Life Hillbilly Noir Life Sucks Then You Die Louisiana Cajun Proles Swamp Noir

All children want to go to space. Earth only offers parents wailing about overdraft notices and evening news playing in an empty den. Dead pets too. Childhood is a rot. And so they look up and see stars shiver, ancient information only just now arriving, because that is the only place left to look, and they yearn.

~ David Connerley Nahm

David Connerley Nahm Childhood Longings Escape Hick Lit Hillbilly Noir