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Black Cherry Blues
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"Black Cherry Blues" Quotes

Dave Robicheaux's peaceful life is disrupted when he becomes entangled in a dangerous web of crime and corruption.

Quotes

Memory is a tenuous thing, like a rainbow's end.

James Lee Burke

memory

Sometimes when life deals us a tough hand, it's not what happens to us, but what we make of it that counts.

James Lee Burke

liferesilience

There are times when a man has to change the rules, even when the game is fixed.

James Lee Burke

changejustice

I've learned that life is like a novel, with the greatest of stories but the lousiest of writers.

James Lee Burke

life

Sometimes the only way to deal with reality is to invent a better one.

James Lee Burke

realityimagination

Truth never changes, just our understanding of it.

James Lee Burke

truth

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all.

James Lee Burke

hope

The only way to deal with a bully is to stand up to him.

James Lee Burke

braverybullying

It's not our abilities that show what we truly are, it's our choices.

James Lee Burke

choicesidentity