“What is jealousy but a reflection of your own failures?”
― Michael Connelly, quote from The Last Coyote
“Loneliness had been the trash can fire he huddled around for most of his life.”
― Michael Connelly, quote from The Last Coyote
“The civilized people in the world, the ones who hide behind culture and art and politics… and even the law, they’re the ones to watch out for. They’ve got that perfect disguise goin’ for them, you know? But they’re the most vicious. They’re the most dangerous people on earth.”
― Michael Connelly, quote from The Last Coyote
“When you find the one that you think fits, then grab on for dear life.”
― Michael Connelly, quote from The Last Coyote
“You see, the past is what you make of it. You can use it to hurt yourself or others or you can use it to make yourself strong. I’m strong, Harry. Now, tell me why you came to vist me today.”
― Michael Connelly, quote from The Last Coyote
“Time had eroded the bond between them. They were strangers who shared the same story.”
― Michael Connelly, quote from The Last Coyote
“All these years in the straight life and she still had a whore’s pride.”
― Michael Connelly, quote from The Last Coyote
“felt confusion ambush him. He didn’t know”
― Michael Connelly, quote from The Last Coyote
“that there was a party under way at the house”
― Michael Connelly, quote from The Last Coyote
“took him to a place where they poured honey on”
― Michael Connelly, quote from The Last Coyote
“They’ll both know somebody’s out there, coming for them.”
― Michael Connelly, quote from The Last Coyote
“had been published years earlier, Bosch was nevertheless”
― Michael Connelly, quote from The Last Coyote
“La mayoría de los hombres con los que he estado… Es como si quisieran algo de mí que no les daba. No sé lo que era, pero simplemente no lo tenía para darlo. Entonces o me iba demasiado pronto o me quedaba demasiado.”
― Michael Connelly, quote from The Last Coyote
“—A veces creo que conozco a los desconocidos mejor que a nadie, mejor que a mí mismo. Aprendo mucho de la gente en mi trabajo. A veces pienso que ni siquiera tengo vida. Solo tengo la vida de los demás…”
― Michael Connelly, quote from The Last Coyote
“She had said she was strong but he knew that comfort and strength could come from sadness. That was what she had.”
― Michael Connelly, quote from The Last Coyote
“the Democrat. What was worse, for her, at least, was that the mayor was a supporter of”
― Michael Connelly, quote from The Last Coyote
“Florida? I’d never been there and all my life I’ve liked orange juice.”
― Michael Connelly, quote from The Last Coyote
“what it meant.” “That’s fine.” Bosch moved to the drawer and looked in. There were two thin manila files and two packs of envelopes with rubber bands holding them together. The first file he looked through contained Eno’s birth certificate, passport, marriage license and other personal records. He put it back in the drawer. The next file contained LAPD forms and Bosch quickly recognized them as the pages and reports that had been removed from the Marjorie Lowe murder book. He knew he had no time to read them at the moment and put the file in the beer box with the other files. The rubber band on the first package of envelopes snapped when he tried to remove it and he was reminded of the band that had been around the blue binder that contained the case files. Everything about this case was old and ready to snap, he thought. The envelopes were all from a Wells Fargo Bank branch in Sherman Oaks and each one contained a statement for a savings account in the name of McCage”
― Michael Connelly, quote from The Last Coyote
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“There were eight simple lessons in plain language anybody could understand, and I studied them just a few hours a night, then started practising on the wife. Soon found I could talk right up to the Super and get due credit for all the good work I did. They began to appreciate me and advance me fast, and say, old doggo, what do you think they're paying me now? $6,500 per year! And say, I find I can keep a big audience fascinated, speaking on any topic. As a friend, old boy, I advise you to send for circular (no obligation) and valuable free Art Picture to:— SHORTCUT EDUCATIONAL PUB. CO. Desk WA Sandpit, Iowa. ARE YOU A 100 PERCENTER OR A 10 PERCENTER?”
― Sinclair Lewis, quote from Babbitt
“It's almost more than I can stand because I want to be the one to wipe away her tears, not the one to cause them.”
― Georgia Cates, quote from Beauty from Pain
“She had been adept at the beginning and the end of things, and now she saw that whatever pleasures life had to offer lay in the middle. She could find some peace there.”
― Robert Goolrick, quote from A Reliable Wife
“...quando perdi qualcuno e questo qualcuno ti manca, tu soffri perché la persona assente si è trasformata in un essere immaginario: irreale. Ma il tuo desiderio di lei non è immaginario. Così è a quello che devi aggrapparti: al desiderio. Perché è reale.”
― Jonathan Coe, quote from The House of Sleep
“Every man’s island, Jean Louise, every man’s watchman, is his conscience. There is no such thing as a collective conscious.”
― Harper Lee, quote from Go Set a Watchman
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