Author: Bruce Springsteen
Cited by
- Alison Cherry (1)
- IN: Red (2013) Contemporary, Young Adult Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: It takes a red-headed woman to get a dirty job done.
FROM: Red-Headed Woman, (1993), Song, US
- Mason Cross (1)
- IN: The Killing Season (2015) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: They wanted to know why I did what I did.
Well, sir, I guess there's just a meanness in this world.
FROM: "Nebraska", (1982), Song, US
- George Pelecanos (2)
- IN: Hard Revolution (2004) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: You inherit the sins, you inherit the flames.
FROM: Adam Raised a Cain, (1978), Song, US
- IN: The Way Home (2009) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: Last night I dreamed that I was a child
out where the pines grow wild and tall
I was trying to make it home through the forest
before the darkness falls.
FROM: My Father's House, (1982), Song, US
- Stephen King (1)
- IN: The Stand (1978) Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: Outside the street’s on fire In a real death waltz
Between what’s flesh and fantasy
And the poets down here
Don’t write nothin at all
They just stand back and let it all be
And in the quick of the night
They reach for their moment
And try to make an honest stand
But they wind up wounded
Not even dead
Tonight in Jungle Land.
FROM: Jungleland, (1975), Song, US
- Steve Hamilton (1)
- IN: The Second Life of Nick Mason (2016) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: Everybody's got a secret Sonny
Something that they just can't face
Some folks spend their whole lives trying to keep it
They carry it with them every step that they take.
FROM: Darkness on the Edge of Town, (1978), Song, US
- Joe Hill (1)
- IN: The Fireman (2016) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: Outside the street’s on fire
in a real death waltz . . .
FROM: Jungleland, (1975), Song, US
- Jonathan Tropper (2)
- IN: The Book of Joe (2004) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: It's a town full of losers
I'm pulling out of here to win.
FROM: Thunder Road, (1975), Song, US
- Andrew Gross (1)
- IN: Eyes Wide Open (2011) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true,
or is it something worse…
FROM: The River, (1980), Song, US
- Dennis Lehane (1)
- IN: World Gone By (2015) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: ... I'm driving a stolen car
On a pitch black night
And I'm telling myself I'm gonna be alright.
FROM: Stolen Car, (1980), Song, US
- Jennifer Weiner (1)
- IN: Best Friends Forever (2009) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: “I can’t say that I’m sorry for the things that we done At least for a little while sir me and her we had us some fun”
FROM: Nebraska, (1982), Song, US
- Robert Goolrick (1)
- IN: Heading Out to Wonderful (2012) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: It wasn’t the cold river bottom I felt rushing over me
It wasn't the bitterness of a dream that didn’t come true
It wasn’t the wind in the gray fields I felt rushing through
No no baby, baby it was you
FROM: Valentine's Day, (1987), Song, US
- Harlan Coben (1)
- IN: Stay Close (2012) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: Well now everything dies, baby thats a fact.
But maybe everything that dies, someday comes back.
FROM: Atlantic City, (1982), Song, US
- Asle Skredderberget (1)
- IN: The Oslo Conspiracy (2013) Fiction, NULL
EPIGRAPH: Poor man wanna be rich,
rich man wanna be king.
FROM: Badlands, (1978), Song, US
- T. C. Boyle (1)
- IN: Greasy Lake (1985) Fiction, Short Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: It's about a mile down on the dark side of Route 88.
FROM: "Spirit in the Night", (1973), Song, US
- Bobbie Ann Mason (1)
- IN: In Country (1985) Fiction, NULL
EPIGRAPH: I'm ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go
FROM: "Born in the U. S. A.", (1984), Song, US