Josh LanyonCops before breakfast.Before coffee even. As if Mondays weren't bad enough.361Philosophy
Josh LanyonI'm not insane. This is very simple, very straightforward. Provided he doesn't kill me, its foolproof.372Humanity
Josh LanyonI dug out the powder blue cashmere cardigan my mother Lisa gave me the Christmas before last, pulled on my oldest, softest Levi’s. Comfort clothes; the next best thing to a hug fr… ▶372DeathLife
Josh LanyonHe was probably selfish in the sack. Probably selfish and greedy and...unsophisticated. And hung like a horse.362Death
Josh LanyonI’m never wrong? Who besides Republican presidents and evil masterminds can say that with a straight face?374Thought
Josh LanyonAnd I thought maybe I didn't need to worry about my heart anymore because it had stopped beating a couple of seconds earlier, and I was still sitting there living and breathing-th… ▶374LifeLoveThought
Josh LanyonYou couldn't hurt a fly. Actually I was pretty good at pinging flies right out of the air, but I tried to look appropriately harmless.374Love
Josh LanyonI thought I recognized you. Really? He remembered me looking like Swamp Thing? How flattering.353Thought
Josh LanyonKit, you're forty. You look thirty. You act...well, never mind. You're carrying on like you think you're seventy332Thought
Josh LanyonAnd yet there was something about his strength, his arrogance, his sheer size that got under my skin. He probably couldn't even spell vanilla. He was probably selfish in the sack.… ▶355Sadness
Josh LanyonI liked you the first time I saw you. You were sitting on the floor surrounded by books, and you looked up when I opened the door and smiled right at me. It felt like you had been… ▶367ReadingTime
Josh LanyonOne thing I’ve noticed about getting older, it takes twice as much work to get half the results one formerly achieved by falling out of bed.378Truth
Josh LanyonThe phone rang, picked up, and the same male voice announced, “Chris Powers. Hey there, Chris. Are you aware it's a felony to make threats over the phone? To give Powers his fair … ▶313Politics
Josh LanyonI thought of the words of the Renaissance philosopher Michel de Montaigne. If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.368LoveThought
Josh LanyonKnowing and believing are two different things.314Reading
Josh LanyonI know that asshole you were with in college --” “Can we leave that asshole out of it?” Please, gentlemen, one asshole at a time.292Time
Josh LanyonPeter is ... adjusting. He's back in school, and he's doing quite well. I wish you could find it in your heart to forgive him. I've got this funny resentful streak about people wh… ▶292HumanityHumorLove
Josh LanyonAnyone who wasn't half-stoned on pain meds would have instantly realized what a really bad idea this plan was, but since that didn't include me, I didn't worry about it. ✨ J… ▶358SadnessThought
Josh LanyonTiffs among the faggots were apparently the stuff of quiet merriment. ✨ Josh Lanyon (2002). A Dangerous Thing, Millivres Books369Reading
Josh LanyonI didn't approve of murder on general principles. Not even of people who seemed to go around begging for it.303Humanity
Josh LanyonHe needed fresh air and sunshine. A walk in the woods and afterward a good book to read by the fire. Yeah, that was the life. ✨ Josh Lanyon (2010). Fair Game, p.67, Carina P… ▶293LifeReading
Josh LanyonHe never lied to me. I just didn't ask the questions I didn't want to know the answers to.348Life
Josh LanyonThen, like a born and bred asshole, he added to the sheriff, He writes murder mysteries. ✨ Josh Lanyon (2002). A Dangerous Thing, Millivres Books348Reading
Josh LanyonLove... doesn't happen every day. It doesn't happen at all for some people ✨ Josh Lanyon (2011). Snowball in Hell, p.153, Carina Press305HumanityLove
Josh LanyonVintage books, old china, antiques; maybe I love old things so much because I feel impermanent myself.251LoveReading
Josh LanyonI don't know if real courage lies in storming barricades or simply not denying the truth. ✨ Josh Lanyon (2002). A Dangerous Thing, Millivres Books3210ReadingTruth
Josh LanyonYou're kind of a smart ass when you're not flat on your face.286Reflection
Josh LanyonThis is how God made me. You are how God made you. All God's chillun are made how God made 'em. You think God made a mistake, take it up with Him.286Thought
Josh LanyonI want people to react to my work, to think, to question, to challenge, to cry and laugh and feel.287HumanityHumorSadness
Josh LanyonKevin refilled my plastic cup with more box wine. I smiled thanks. Kevin smiled welcome. Jake kicked my ankle. ✨ Josh Lanyon (2002). A Dangerous Thing, Millivres Books243Reading
