Robicheaux Quotes & Sayings

If you go back to the roots of jazz, it was all about COLLECTIVE improvisation. — Henry Threadgill

Did you ever see a mob rush across town to do a good deed? Dave Robicheaux — James Lee Burke

Today he became a killer, or else a corpse. — Eoin Colfer

When a person does not know the doctrines of the Christian faith, he can easily be captured by false religions. — Warren W. Wiersbe

Discipline comes from the same root word as disciple, and implies patience and teaching on our part. It should not be done in anger, — Lynn G. Robbins

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

Anyone who was tempted to draw comparisons between my father's 'Dave Robicheaux' series and my first book quickly gave up. — Alafair Burke

Money can't buy happiness but it'll sure keep a mess of grief off your front porch.
— James Lee Burke

I was brought up on the proletarian left, and I remain there. The fair go for workers is fundamental, and I don't believe the free market has a mind. — Clive James

Thank you. Thank you for ripping my heart out. Thank you for showing me something I can never have. Thank you for looking so beautiful this morning, it makes me want to tear my eyes out. — S.C. Stephens

Varina was breathing hard through her nose, her face pinched, not unlike a child's. "You don't know how mad you can make people," she said. "I had tender feelings for you once, whether you knew it or not. But you're a shit, Dave Robicheaux. — James Lee Burke

The universe will let us know - later - whether or not Man has any "right" to expand through it. In — Robert A. Heinlein