Crime fiction Quotes (157 Quotes)

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  “When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic bulldog named Fireball Roberts in a ramshackle joint just outside of Sonoma, California, drinking the heart right out of a fine spring afternoon.”

  James Crumley

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  “We were about to give up and call it a night when somebody threw the girl off the bridge.”

  John D. MacDonald

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• “I looked at her, with her hair spilled out on the pillows and the warmth of her body warming mine. And I thought, god-dang, if this ain't a heck of a way to be in bed with a pretty woman. The two of you arguing about murder, and threatening each other, when you're supposed to be in love and you could be doing something pretty nice. And then I thought, well, maybe it ain't so strange after all. Maybe it's like this with most people, everyone doing pretty much the same thing except in a different way. And all the time they're holding heaven in their hands.”

  Jim Thompson

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  “Practically every fella that breaks the law has a danged good reason, to his own way of thinking, which makes every case exceptional, not just one or two. Take you, for example.”

  Jim Thompson

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  “I came, I saw, I concurred...”

  Darren E. Laws

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  “He said when the Lord made people He made them all the same for starters. But life marks people. If you know the way, you can read them like maps.”

  Andrew Vachss

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  “Though a good cop, Luc Claudel has the patience of a firecracker, the sensitivity of Vlad the Impaler, and a persistent skepticism as to the value of forensic anthropology.
  
  Snappy dresser, though.”

  Kathy Reichs

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  “The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call ‘out there.’ . . .The land is flat, the views are awesomely extensive; horses, herds of cattle, a white cluster of grain elevators rising as gracefully as Greek temples are visible long before a traveler reaches them.”

  Truman Capote

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  “Call me Dudley. We're of equal rank. I'm older, but you're far better looking. I can tell we're going to be grand partners.”

  James Ellroy

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  “Life isn’t fair. Fair is somewhere you go to ride the dodgems and win a goldfish. (from Rush of Blood)”

  Mark Billingham

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  “How did that damn kid’s father get these guns? Did he purchase them on the black market or our black market? I’ve got to find out.
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  Mark M. Bello

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  “There were three of them in the room now, where only two had first come in. Death was in the room with the two of them.”

  Cornell Woolrich

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  “Friggin’ doctors and their friggin’ forms—Zack grouses, silently, forgetting lawyers do the same thing, all the time. ”

  Mark M. Bello

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  “Are you crazy, Kenny Tracey? Do you have a death wish or something? Preventing someone from getting hurt and jumping in front of a bullet are not the same things!”

  Mark M. Bello

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  “. . . I also believe we can respect Second Amendment rights while, at the same time, preventing lawbreakers and people who are a danger to others from committing atrocities . . .”

  Mark M. Bello

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  “I have filed a lawsuit; I am not engaged in a legislative battle. I am very proud my son will help spearhead an effort to put forth a survivor’s legislative agenda with many of his fellow students, teachers, and other survivors of this tragedy. Kenny and his colleagues are now voting age or will be before the next election. Pro-gun politicians need to address the problem, or they may find themselves looking for work.”

  Mark M. Bello

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  “How does a mentally challenged eighteen-year-old obtain an AK 47 and a Lugar? We don’t need to disarm America to prevent school shootings. We need only common sense.”

  Mark M. Bello

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  “. . . I may need to put the fear of God into a lawyer and his son. Perhaps we can clarify the cost of suing Barrington Arms and not being reasonable in trying to resolve the lawsuit?”

  Mark M. Bello

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  “My involvement must be kept secret, no matter what, Rollie. Even if it backfires and you face prison or worse. Got it?”
  “You may count on me, Mr. President, as long as you promise to remember, you have the power to pardon criminals.”
  “Yes, I do, don’t I?” RonJohn snickers. “I almost forgot about my convenient little presidential power.”
  “We’ll see that the campaign gets a fresh and ample supply of cash. God bless the Supreme Court and Citizens United”

  Mark M. Bello

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  “One way to hurt Barrington is to beat the crap out of him in your lawsuit. Hurt him in the pocketbook.”

  Mark M. Bello

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  “Her family is together, enjoying each other’s company. What more can any woman ask for? ”

  Mark M. Bello

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  “She was a cute as a washtub.”

  Raymond Chandler

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  “Al... You ever kill anybody? In the United States? Because I know you mean it and everything, but I know these guys better than I know you. They're soldiers, that's all. No questions, no time to ask, no talk. Cops are worse, and less predictable. When you pull a gun, you've gotta be ready to kill somebody, and I'm telling you it's better to run.”

  Phillip Rock

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  “Al Hickey: It's not about anything.
  Frank Boggs: Yeah, it's about four hundred grand”

  Phillip Rock

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  “Jennifer’s eyes begin to water again. “Don’t let anything bad happen to him, Dr. Sampson. My husband is a famous lawyer. He sues doctors when they screw up.”
  “Jennifer!” Zack exclaims, embarrassed.”

  Mark M. Bello

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