59 Quotes by David Peace

Women, eh? Can’t live with them, can’t kill ‘em. ‘Cept round Chapeltown.

Well, if there’s a hell like this place then there has to be a heaven somewhere.

There is always doubt and always fear. There is always trouble, always tension. Tension and trouble; fear and doubt; war, war, war and then, right on cue-As if by magic, here come Leeds, Leeds, Leeds.

I don't believe in God. But I do believe in doubt. I do believe in fear.

These should be the happiest days, weeks and months of your life, but behind the scenes, upstairs and down, there is always doubt, always fear and always trouble-

Ten grand in your pocket. But it won’t last. Not at this rate. Jobless and boozing. Fat and fucked. Not unless Peter says yes-Peter Taylor. The only friend you’ve ever had. Peter Taylor.

But there are tears in my eyes and then I can’t stop crying, stood there on that practice pitch in the dark, the tears rolling down my bloody cheeks, for once in my fucking life glad that I’m alone.

If you’re looking for a pal, Mr Clough, you can count me out.

You waited in the same piss for your Pete to show. He didn't so you went inside and cremated your mother. Stood alone at the front and bit the inside of your cheek until the blood wouldn't stop and the tears finally came.