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“Jesus honey, your husband ain’t dead, he’s in hiding.” He growled, watching her visibly flinch. - Jase Devlin”
“The Chinese had a saying that had been in her mind for a while, troubling her: Society prepares the crime; the criminal only commits it.”
“A thief is one who insists on sharing his victimhood.”
“Cos there's holes in this world,see. Holes. And the likes of Thommo, and Keith, and me, and Kenny, we just sort of fall through em. We weren't never bad kids, we just didn't have nothing to hold on...”
“We do not condemn it because it is a crime, but it is a crime because we condemn it.”
“Crime brings together honest men and concentrates them.”
“You can only rise so far by climbing on others’ shoulders, you know.”
“Now, this was a combination that she wouldn’t dare to dream of, even in her worst nightmare.”
“It’s more like he was an ant in the land of elephants. Nobody would notice his presence, no matter how much noise he might make.”
“I’d likte to welcome you to the land of free, where healthy, wealthy, happy people contribute to the civilization under the protection of the rules of capitalism, laws of science and rights of univ...”
“I’m just an apprentice, stuck between these borrowed first and last breaths that I was given, drinking water of life, and chasing the fire of knowledge, and waiting to mingle with my eternal and fa...”
“These were dangerous thoughts, he knew. They were the kind that crept up on a Watchman when the chase was over and it was just you and him, facing one another in that breathless little pinch betwee...”
“The most heinous crime is to disappoint those who trust in you”
“So that was where we were in our relationship.Derwent’s scale ran all the way from wouldn’t piss-on-you-if-you-were-on-fire to would-kill-for-you-no-need-to-ask-twice. I was quite glad to be somewh...”
“There are crimes that are truly uncomely. With crimes, whatever they may be, the more blood, the more horror there is, the more imposing they are, the more picturesque, so to speak, but there are c...”
“...people demonize certain types of crime - it's a way of distancing ourselves from the monsters...”
“Because to ignore what had happened in the recent and distant pasts, to turn away and look elsewhere because it was easier to do so, was to be an accomplice to the crimes that were committed. To re...”
“You can't jump for the stars if your feet hurt. And when you get where you're going, you darn well better look great!”
“Hunter let go of JJ who started dusting his jacket with both hands. ‘Look at what you’ve done to my suit man, these things don’t come cheap you know.’ Garcia checked his pocket change. ‘Here.’ He e...”
“Fuck you! Someone has tortured and killed one of your girls and you couldn’t give a damn? I thought you were supposed to protect them, to be their guardian. Isn’t that what pimps do?’ Garcia’s face...”
