Famous Denis Johnson Quotes

  • [G]ive him this much: death didn’t just walk up and inhale him. He wasn’t exactly whisked away. He left claw marks on his life. – Denis Johnson

    [G]ive him this much: death didn’t just walk up and inhale him. He wasn’t exactly whisked away. He left claw marks on his life.– Denis Johnson

  • . . . things whose perishing had been arrested by their power to make her love them. – Denis Johnson

    . . . things whose perishing had been arrested by their power to make her love them.– Denis Johnson

  • He didn’t like having to start the fire again, that was the source of this small sadness. You get tired of these endless beginnings. – Denis Johnson

    He didn’t like having to start the fire again, that was the source of this small sadness. You get tired of these endless beginnings.– Denis Johnson

  • English words are like prisms. Empty, nothing inside, and still they make rainbows. – Denis Johnson

    English words are like prisms. Empty, nothing inside, and still they make rainbows.– Denis Johnson

  • The jolt of fear had burned all the red out of my blood. – Denis Johnson

    The jolt of fear had burned all the red out of my blood.– Denis Johnson