Quotes About John Connolly

"Sarge, mr. Nurd here is threatening to turn me to jelly.""really?" said Sarge. "what flavor?

Regret, he now knew, was a useless emotion, the poor cousin of guilt.

A discarded newspaper skimmed the sidewalk with a sound like the whisperings of a dead lover.

I don't think you can dial 911 for a literary emergency.

His features were smudged and indistinct, as though a thumb had smeared itself across an ink drawing of a face. His

Mum," said Christopher. "It's a demon. I don't think a poker will hurt it." "It will where I'm going to put it," said Mrs. Mayer.

Angel and Louis in particular could have catalyzed a coma victim back to consciousness. He knew where Parker and the others were

Americans had endured centuries of patronization by the British. One became inured to it after a while.

A condensed Shakespeare with all of the dull parts removed, leaving only the great moments of drama: ghosts, and bloodied daggers, and dying kings.

Meerlust Rubicon from South Africa, a suitably wintry red.

People love conspiracies," said Harris. "They find them reassuring. It's the consolation that someone, somewhere might actually have a design in mind. The fearful embrace conspiracies for the same reason they believe in God.

He was briefly tempted to reach for the brandy again, but no particular good had come of their previous shared moments, and so he opted for the routine of making a big pot of tea.

There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that way. All you have is language. Why write beneath yourself? It's an act of respect for the reader as much as yourself.

There is a very conservative element of crime writers that don't recognise what I do is crime fiction.

I feel that I'll be buried in Ireland and don't think I'll ever live in the U.S. I'm not comfortable with many aspects of U.S. society - especially the justice system.