Daniel Woodrell Quotes

Daniel Woodrell is an American novelist and short story writer, who has written nine novels, most of them set in the Missouri Ozarks, and one collection of short stories. Woodrell coined the phrase "country noir" to describe his 1996 novel Give Us a Kiss. Reviewers have frequently since used the term to categorize his writing. Wikipedia

✵ 4. March 1953

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Famous Daniel Woodrell Quotes

“Never. Never ask for what ought to be offered.”

Daniel Woodrell

Source: Winter's Bone

“You got to be ready to die every day - then you got a chance.”

Daniel Woodrell

Source: Winter's Bone

“The heart's in it then, spinning dreams, and torment is on the way. The heart makes dreams seem like ideas.”

Daniel Woodrell

Source: Winter's Bone

“The heart makes dreams seem like ideas.”

Daniel Woodrell

Source: Winter's Bone

“Long, dark, and lovely she had been, in those days before her mind broke and the parts scattered and she let them go.”

Daniel Woodrell

Source: Winter's Bone

“This is how sudden things happened that haunted forever.”

Daniel Woodrell

Source: Winter's Bone

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