I wouldn't write anything autobiographical. If you've lived a life like Laurence of Arabia, it might be a consideration, but otherwise it's a little bit vain, it seems to me.
The real gladiators of the world are so humble in their origins and unremarkable in appearance that when we stand next to them in a grocery-store lin… - James Lee Burke
The real gladiators of the world are so humble in their origins and unremarkable in appearance that when we stand next to them in a grocery-store lin…
- James Lee Burke
We gain no wisdom by imposing our way on others. - James Lee Burke
We gain no wisdom by imposing our way on others.
How do you explain to yourself the casual manner in which you threw your life away? - James Lee Burke
How do you explain to yourself the casual manner in which you threw your life away?
To misuse one's talent, to be cavalier about it, to set it aside because of fear or sloth is unpardonable. - James Lee Burke
To misuse one's talent, to be cavalier about it, to set it aside because of fear or sloth is unpardonable.
When people make a contract with the devil and give him an air-conditioned office to work in, he doesn't go back home easily. - James Lee Burke
When people make a contract with the devil and give him an air-conditioned office to work in, he doesn't go back home easily.
Don't ever quit. Never quit. Never show anybody you're hurt. Grin and walk through the cannon smoke. It will drive them up the wall. You always stay … - James Lee Burke
Don't ever quit. Never quit. Never show anybody you're hurt. Grin and walk through the cannon smoke. It will drive them up the wall. You always stay …
I believe every...man remembers the girl he thinks he should have married. She reappears to him in his lonely moments, or he sees her in the face of … - James Lee Burke
I believe every...man remembers the girl he thinks he should have married. She reappears to him in his lonely moments, or he sees her in the face of …
Don't let anyone tell you that age purchases your freedom from fear of death. - James Lee Burke
Don't let anyone tell you that age purchases your freedom from fear of death.
If there is any human tragedy, there is only one, and it occurs when we forget who we are and remain silent while a stranger takes up residence insid… - James Lee Burke
If there is any human tragedy, there is only one, and it occurs when we forget who we are and remain silent while a stranger takes up residence insid…
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