Quotes from Buried Prey

John Sandford ·  390 pages

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“First she got Jesus, probably fifteen years ago, and that didn’t work out, so she tried Scientology, and that didn’t help, but it cost a lot of money, so she tried Buddhism and yoga, and those didn’t work, so she started drinking. I think that helped, because she’s still drinking.”
― John Sandford, quote from Buried Prey


“Lucas’s position was supine: that is, whenever he heard people arguing about it, he wanted to lie down and take a nap.”
― John Sandford, quote from Buried Prey


“Nancy on the left, Mary on the right.” “Hard”
― John Sandford, quote from Buried Prey


“I’m gonna apply for law school for next year. I already took the LSATs and I did good.” “You really want to be a fuckin’ lawyer?” Del asked. “Look in the yellow pages. There are thousands of them. They’re like rats.” “Yeah, I know. I don’t know what to do. I used to think I could be a defense lawyer, but now, you know, after looking at four years of dirtbags, maybe not,” Lucas said. “So then I’m thinking about being a prosecutor, but then I see the prosecutors we work with, and the political bullshit they put up with, and I’m thinking . . .”
― John Sandford, quote from Buried Prey


“bureaucrat said. “Come back with a search warrant”
― John Sandford, quote from Buried Prey



“an easy chair for Lucas. Lucas took it, gave them a quick summary of the Jones case, including the recovery of the girls’ bodies, and recited the details, as he remembered them, of the descriptions he’d accumulated on the man who’d called himself John Fell. “Fairly big guy, but”
― John Sandford, quote from Buried Prey


About the author

John Sandford
Born place: in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, The United States
Born date February 23, 1944
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