Quotes from Michael Connelly

To think about failure was to invite failure.

persona non grata.

Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.

There is no end of things in the heart.

I must be able to tell more than what happened. I must tell why. It's breadth and depth again—the ol' B and D—and I am used to that.

She was tall and lithesome with brown wavy hair about to the shoulder with blond highlights.

But the innocence of a child will bring you back and give you the shield of joy with which to protect yourself.

I quickly crossed the room

Politicians could talk about building walls and changing laws to keep people out, but in the end they were just symbols. Neither would stop the tide any more than the rock jetties at the mouth of the port did. Nothing could stop the tide of hope and desire.

That was just the way it had to be. There is no end of things in the heart.

Ms. Chandler, we don't need to point. We all know who we are. We also do not need inflammatory accent being placed on any words. Words are beautiful and ugly, all on their own. Let them stand for themselves.

agoraphobic lieutenant's

Getting a not-guilty verdict was a long shot. Even when you knew in your gut that you were sitting next to an innocent man at the defense table, you also knew that the NGs came grudgingly from a system designed only to deal with the guilty.

between 7th and 8th Streets, and then the location of the

Ultimately, Bosch was confounded

was. "Uh, hi, Walter. This is my daughter, Hayley, and this is her mom, Maggie McPherson." "Hi," Hayley said shyly. Maggie nodded and looked uncomfortable. Walter made the mistake of thrusting his hand out to Maggie. If she could have

Gearson se rascó el labio inferior con un dedo y

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.

I think, young man, that you only run into a person that is a perfect fit once in your life. When you find the one that you think fits, then grab on for dear life. And it's no matter what she's done in the past. None of that matters. Only the holding on matters.

Smith & Wesson 9mm—satin finished, stainless steel and loaded with eight rounds of XTPs.

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…

Her face seemed to him to have a slight sadness cast in it, as if a mystery carried inside had worked its way outside.

Just so you know, I'm guessing she had no doubt about whether she was raped, okay, McGee? Her hesitation was most likely about making a report to a department and officers who don't give a shit and don't view rape as much of a crime.

You are under arrest for murder, attempted murder and general conspiracy to be an asshole. - Harry Bosch