68 quotes found
“The battle rages everyday. In the Arena of God”
“Distance and time and a whitewashed mind hadnt kept a child from growing, from existing, from demanding a place on this earth.”
“Rage and despair shook her for minutes or hours. She was unaware of the passage of time. Finally spent, she retreated inward and collapsed onto the floor in a fetal position, the letter in shreds a...”
“Her immediate impulse was one of self-preservation. She was tied up in this somehow, she didnt know why or how, but there was something waiting for her on the other side of this crowd.”
“For every criminal mastermind, there were ten cretins: the cruel algebra of intelligence applied across the masses.”
“Get a load of this, Frank. Gerald Peytons pause set off his pronouncement. She is expecting to get a wedding ring.Thats understandable, I said, unsure how he could afford a ring on what our firm cl...”
“A diamond wedding ring, you say?I studied his face. Was he putting me on? He looked earnest. As any guy would expect, a diamond is what shes after, I said. Did you hold out hope youd get by for any...”
“There was a ringing in his ears, like a dead phone line that he couldnt hang up on.”
“I ought to warn you, dear, he can get rather wild when hes hungry”
“No sun cream or condoms, just in case youre looking at the lady-boys. Theres plenty of AIDS lingering about and every STD you can imagine.”
“All I knew was, my Father was famous for being a loser, and a loser that wanted nothing to do with me, since the day I was born.”
“I wake and in those first fuddled moments forget you’re not here. I must have been dreaming about you – a tense, erotic dream. I reach out in bed to the place your body should be. It’s cold and the...”
“When you’retwenty-one, life is a roadmap.It’s only when you get to betwenty-five or so that youbegin to suspect you’ve beenlooking at the map upsidedown, and not until you’reforty are you entirely ...”
“But sooner or later the last good time would come around. It does for all of us.”
“She looked beautiful,standing there barefoot in her faded jeans. I wanted to take her in my arms, and lift her, and carry her into some untroubled future.Instead, I left her where she was. That's n...”
“We're not quite ending where we began, but close enough.Close enough.”
“At that exact moment, 6-0-0, the sun climbed over the skyline of oaks, revealing its full summer angry-god self. Its reflection flared across the river toward our house, a long, blaring finger aimed a...”
“Surprised huh, thought you had me back in prison didn’t you? To answer your question what keeps me alive is my drive, my drive to kill you! I have nothing, but hate for you and your family. It will...”
“Angel you may have lucked out this time, but just remember I’m going to be on your ass until I get my revenge. I promise you this will not be the last time you will see me! You’re a dead man Medina...”
“That's the thing about digging holes,” Quinn said. “There are no assurances you'll find what you want—or want what you find.”
