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The Devil All the Time
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"The Devil All the Time" Quotes

A dark and gritty novel that weaves together the lives of disturbed individuals in post-World War II rural southern Ohio and West Virginia.

Quotes

Some people were born just so they could be buried.

Donald Ray Pollock

lifedeath

It was a morning that might have been designed for regret.

Donald Ray Pollock

morningregret

The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

Donald Ray Pollock

faithstrength

He'd never met a man who had so much trouble getting rid of a body.

Donald Ray Pollock

troublecrime

He'd been raised by the kind of mother who warned him that if he played with his pecker it would fall off.

Donald Ray Pollock

upbringingwarning

If people knew the kind of things that went on in the world, they'd never leave their homes.

Donald Ray Pollock

ignoranceawareness

To a certain extent, he'd always felt like an orphan.

Donald Ray Pollock

lonelinessidentity

There's a lot of no-good sons of bitches out there.

Donald Ray Pollock

judgmentpeople

She was the type of girl who would eat a sandwich over his dead body.

Donald Ray Pollock

humorpersonality

In the end, we all wind up dead, no matter how hard we fight it.

Donald Ray Pollock

fatedeath