Quotes from C.J. Box

tasted of stale beer and tobacco.

it's just as interesting inside. There are secret stairways, hidden rooms, and a crazy dead-end hallway called Bat's Alley. They're closed to the public, of course, and very few people know about them.

A what?" Danielle asked. "A fumarole. A steam vent. There are four kinds of thermal features in the world and all of them are in Yellowstone: geysers, mudpots, hot springs and fumaroles.

Love is grand, but divorce is a hundred grand. But enough about that.

What?" Larry asked, finally. "Are you thinking something else?" "Let's take a look inside the rest of the cabin," Cody said. "Let me grab my gear." "You're thinking something else," Larry said, his disappointment palpable.

Yeah, Hoyt," Legerski said, changing the subject, "I've heard of you before." His voice was cautious and a little weary. Cody recognized the intonation and had heard it many times from older law enforcement types.

The only conspiracy that exists is the conspiracy of incompetence.

You ought to get a bumper sticker that says, 'What would Dudley Do-Right Do?' Call it W-W-D-D-R-D. that has a ring to it. (Gov. Rulon to Joe Pickett)

We make wonderful babies," she said softly. "We're bringing good little people into the world who have a mom and a dad who care about them and love them. They know right from wrong because their parents teach them which is which, and because their parents live by example.

fluid sloshing

three-thirty P.M.

Accidental death then," Tubman said with some relief. "Or what we like to call 'death by misadventure,' if you add in the empty bottle. Is Skeeter on the way?" "As far as I know," Larry said. "Cody had him called.

That goon didn't know fishing from cathedral architecture!

The first of the Baby Boomers. It's all about them.

a bunch of granola eaters who hate George Bush.

Barnum turned, smirking,

septic tanks.

Palo Alto, California.

He can be such a limp weenie." Danielle laughed. Gracie didn't like to think of their dad like that. She wanted him to be brave, tough, admirable, and stoic. But Danielle was right.

We recycle, don't we, Alex? And we replaced all of our lightbulbs. You know, with the ones that don't work very well? And one of my cars is a Prius. It's not like I don't care.

too much honesty.

The problem with people your age," he said, "is you never understood the difference between thinking and feeling, and to you feeling is more important, which is bullshit.

Are you okay?" she asked. "You seem just a tad distracted," she said in a mischievous way. "My dad would have said you are jumping around like a fart in a skillet.

Are you deadheading it back?" the trooper asked, checking the papers. "This time. I always try to bring back a load but the dispatcher was an idiot and didn't hook me up. So yeah, I'm deadheading it back.