#louisiana

The old man had been tanned by the light of too many beer signs, and it just goes to show that you can’t live on three packs of Chesterfields and a fifth of bourbon a day without starting to drift far too fuckin’ wide in the turns. ↗

— Daniel Woodrell

#grim #hard-boiled #hard-life #hillbilly-noir #life-sucks-then-you-die

If you're gonna fret, fret over something you can change. Then stop fretting and do something about it. ↗

— Kimberly Willis Holt

#change

I also believe my home state is cursed by ignorance and poverty and racism, much of it deliberately inculcated to control a vulnerable electorate. And I believe many of the politicians in Louisiana are among the most stomach-churning examples of white trash and venality I have ever known. To me, the fact that large numbers of people find them humorously picaresque is mind numbing, on a level with telling fond tales of one's rapist. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#louisiana #politics #home

Louisiana is a fresh-air mental asylum. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#insanity #louisiana #humor

Louisiana in September was like an obscene phone call from nature. The air - moist, sultry, secretive, and far from fresh - felt as if it were being exhaled into one's face. Sometimes it even sounded like heavy breathing. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#louisiana #south #nature

From my friend, Brig. General Ezell Ware, Jr., CA Nat'l Guard, Dec. Keep on going till you get there, then keep going. ↗

— Tracey Richardson

#louisiana #natchitoches #new-orleans #st-maurice #historical-romance

I'm from Louisiana and live in Texas now. ↗

— Mike Wilson

#live #louisiana #now #texas

While the level of support we can each provide certainly varies, it is very important at this time that we all do what we can to help our neighbors - not only our immediate neighbors here in Alabama, but those further away in Mississippi and Louisiana. ↗

— Jo Bonner

#away #certainly #each #further #help

I'm concerned about the cost, just like everybody else. There's no question that we have an obligation to help the people of Louisiana and Mississippi to rebuild. ↗

— Saxby Chambliss

#concerned #cost #else #everybody #everybody else

Our focus continues to be on having the Saints in Louisiana... We're trying to develop what we would regard as a new model for the Saints to operate in a rebuilt Louisiana. ↗

— Paul Tagliabue

#develop #focus #having #louisiana #model