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• “Where other people will see obstacles, even blank walls, you'll soon start to see pathways you can use to get where you want to go. It's awesome.”

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• “The past four months he'd been on loan to the DEA, and they'd made some big drug busts, shut down some of the most evil purveyors of sin and death that ever lived, but they were like the mythical hydra—as soon as you cut off one of its heads, three more grew back to take its place.”

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• “Sometimes you have to look at the greater good, no matter what the consequences to yourself might be.”

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• “them, and Roscoe shook his head. “Ain’t no point in trying to hide,” he said. “Let’s just get to it. Hell, you never know but what you might get lucky. Maybe you be the one to walk out of here instead of me.” “Don’t you ever shut up?” The voice came from inside the bushes, and a moment later they parted as a man stepped out. He was taller than Roscoe by a couple of inches, but where Roscoe was thick and muscular, this man was thin and wiry. “That’s all”

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• “US Page”

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• “Contentedness comes from an awareness of security. As long as you're not in danger, and there's no immediate situation that threatens your security or causes you discomfort, then you should be content. And speaking of content, breakfast is ready.”

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• “situations”

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• “even the finest examples of men and women are capable of horrific acts under the right circumstances,”

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• “they could.”

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• “I could raise you to three hundred a week, and we'd leave the current room and board as part of it. How would that sound?” Indie thought it over. “And where would the office be? If it's here at your house, I can handle that, cause it lets me be here for Kenzie.” “Of”

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• “blinked a couple of times. “Danny, I've been awake for about fifteen minutes, and haven't even opened my Starbuck's yet. What the heck are you talkin' about?” “I'm sayin', maybe we're goin' about this all the wrong way, tryin' to find dealers”

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• “think he understands that you wouldn't do that”

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• “definitely”

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• “We operate on the philosophy that it’s better to have a gun and not need it than to need it and not have it.”

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• “Indie shook”

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• “Content?” Neil asked. “Wouldn't that be an emotional response?” Noah shook his head. “No. Contentedness comes from an awareness of security. As long as you're not in danger, and there's no immediate situation that threatens your security or causes you discomfort, then you should be content. And speaking of content, breakfast is ready.”

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• “When things happen, they tend to happen suddenly.”

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• “blaming the Republicans for everything, Republicans are blaming the Democrats and nobody seems to want to take responsibility for anything.”

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• “time. She scanned through its memory and found nothing but a dog peeing on Daniel’s”

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• “Joe’s Mortuary, you stab ’em, we slab ’em.”

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• “One of the characters was trying to define what love means, and I always liked his definition. He said that love was the condition that exists whenever another person's happiness and well-being is necessary for your own happiness and well-being.” He chewed his bottom lip for a few seconds. “I don't have a clue what it feels like to be in love, but if we look at that definition and accept it, then I guess we can say that I love you. I like it when you smile, I like it when you laugh—I don't like it when you're hurt or unhappy. It seems to me that your happiness and well-being are essential to whatever equivalent of those I might have, so that fits.”

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• “Just because you can do something that may benefit yourself doesn't necessarily make it right to do so.”

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• “Neil shook hands with Marco, and then Sarah followed suit. “Just don’t start with the tall jokes, okay?” Neil asked. “Let’s leave that behind us.” Marco grinned. “No problem,” he said. “I never make jokes about a man I always look up to.”

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• “You'd be amazed at how many presidents, senators, congressmen, governors, even mayors get elected not because of their own merits or actions, but simply because someone else sees the potential in personal or political gain for themselves in having that candidate win a particular race. The candidate may think that his or her victory is some great mandate from the people to do whatever was promised during the campaign, but the truth is that someone else simply figured, hey, if he wins, then it pays off for me in the long run. It's really that simple, but you'd be amazed how many politicians never understand it.”

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• “wasn't as pleasant lately, Sam thought, as he made his way through the back entry to the detectives' division. There weren't so many people there”

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