52 Quotes by Brian D'Ambrosio

Heart resideswhere crumbling churches give way to blossoming treesempty storefronts to towering mansionsit doesn’t want just another heist movieor an illusion of cleavageit’s not accidental or meaninglessit wants to be known

The heart can be tragictrappeddefending itself with corrosive witit can be perfectly mediocreand a source of shamehardroughhomelyflophouse grimyhair that is blondebut we see the dark roots

Endings are thus formally unappealing to me, more than beginning or ending, in life, I enjoy continuing. Continuing is my only focus or concern.

On the perfect night there is nothing more transcendent or terrifying than boxing. It's the ultimate representation of the guilty pleasure.

The heart is an invitation to be part of the process.

The heart is only grain and goatsand the price of healthit cleans it riflessmokes its herbsbreaks out a beer bottle or twoits precious radiosstrapped up for protectionwith ragged black tape

The heart can be anguishedarroganteven sillymilling about comicallyrejecting fake decorumit comes from a repressive familythat disapproves of its child’s chosen profession

Life,perhaps less a document than an impression,conveyed through partial glances,stream-of-consciousness juxtapositions,unpredictable rhythms, a collage of sound,a conscientious diarist,a career of blackmail and scandal culminated in murder,a blind man with a will of iron and a nervous system of gossamer.

Life is calmness with squabbling, accumulating traditions and self-consciousness. elaborate meals, medicine, law,pretty pictures unspoiled,rocking the cradle and holding the hammer, impressive skies of gray and blue, believing in what we can’t settle, the mystery of iniquity,the absolutely sincere predictions of fools,lighter moods like these.