Quotes of Paul Doiron

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“You never really know someone until your relationship with them is over.” ― Paul Doiron, Trespasser
“Just because you're done with the past doesn't mean the past is done with you.” ― Paul Doiron, The Bone Orchard
“People disappoint you so often. I hardly knew how to react when they surpassed all your hopes.” ― Paul Doiron, The Poacher's Son
“Desperate times call for hopeful measures.” ― Paul Doiron, Trespasser
“Living in the woods does strange things to lonely men.” ― Paul Doiron
“Nature will forgive humankind just about anything, and what it won’t forgive I hope never to witness.” ― Paul Doiron, The Poacher's Son
“She wore a nightgown that revealed cleavage deep enough to hide a kitten.” ― Paul Doiron, The Precipice
“I was raised Catholic. Guilt is my resting state.” ― Paul Doiron, Widowmaker
“No scientific proof can make someone stop hating something if their hatred gives them pleasure.” ― Paul Doiron, The Precipice
“Angels do not whisper in our ears. Predestination is a fairy tale, a bedtime story for adults scared of meaningless death.” ― Paul Doiron, Trespasser
“I choke out river water, take the biggest breath I have ever taken, and look up at snowflakes blowing like feathers across the sky.” ― Paul Doiron, Dead by Dawn
“I could tell it needled him that I could cast all ninety feet of my fly line and into the backing. He kept trying to muscle his line out farther and farther, which is the surest way to sabotage your casts.” ― Paul Doiron, One Last Lie
“In Maine, you were a fool if you put away your snow shovel before Mother’s Day.” ― Paul Doiron, Trespasser
“To think that the ancient partnership between wolves and ravens, long gone from this part of the world, had re-formed here was nothing short of awe-inspiring.” ― Paul Doiron, Widowmaker
“…ultimately we all deserve the hand we’re dealt.” ― Paul Doiron, Trespasser
“And with that he tossed another birch log into the stove and said good night.” ― Paul Doiron, Widowmaker
“No bed with a dog in it is ever cold or lonely.” ― Paul Doiron, Widowmaker
“I fondly recall the magical time, two minutes earlier, when hypothermia was my major concern in life. I keep pressing my hand against my thigh.” ― Paul Doiron, Dead by Dawn
“He pointed the barrel at me from a distance of five yards. I heard the shot just before I dove into the lake.” ― Paul Doiron, One Last Lie
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Paul Doiron

Paul Doiron is the best-selling author of the Mike Bowditch series of crime novels set in the Maine woods. His first book, The Poacher’s Son, won the Barry Award and the Strand Critics Award and was nominated for an Edgar for Best First Novel. His second, Tre…

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