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Don Winslow quotes: We are all cripples, Keller thinks, limping together through this crippled world. It's what we owe to each other.

We are all cripples, Keller thinks, limping together through this crippled world. It's what we owe to each other.

Don Winslow quotes: I would prefer things to be peaceful and not have conflict.

I would prefer things to be peaceful and not have conflict.

Don Winslow quotes: Your strengths are your weaknesses.The more you try to protect something, the more vulnerable you make it.

Your strengths are your weaknesses.

The more you try to protect something, the more vulnerable you make it.

Don Winslow quotes: Hell isn't having no choice.It's having to make a choice between horrific things.

Hell isn't having no choice.
It's having to make a choice between horrific things.

Don Winslow quotes: They say that love conquers all. They're wrong, Keller thinks. Hate conquers all. It even conquers hate.

They say that love conquers all. They're wrong, Keller thinks. Hate conquers all. It even conquers hate.

Don Winslow quotes: Mateo runs up and Pablo hugs him. It's amazing, he thinks, that he never gets tired of that sensation.

Mateo runs up and Pablo hugs him. It's amazing, he thinks, that he never gets tired of that sensation.

Don Winslow quotes: Their only weapon is shame, if the powerful can even feel it.

Their only weapon is shame, if the powerful can even feel it.

Don Winslow quotes: I think you can use fiction to get inside people's minds.

I think you can use fiction to get inside people's minds.

Don Winslow quotes: you do not avenge a murder by killing - you avenge it by living.

you do not avenge a murder by killing - you avenge it by living.

Don Winslow quotes: Together, Ben and Chon make up a collective pacifist. Ben is the paci Chon is the fist.

Together, Ben and Chon make up a collective pacifist. Ben is the paci Chon is the fist.

Don Winslow quotes: Why do women love to talk about love?" Giorgio asks. "Why don't men, is more the question," Ana says.

Why do women love to talk about love?" Giorgio asks. "Why don't men, is more the question," Ana says.

Don Winslow quotes: The novelist is the vestigial bone on the body cinema. We're like the little toe that can be cut off.

The novelist is the vestigial bone on the body cinema. We're like the little toe that can be cut off.

Don Winslow quotes: Perhaps we're not the greater good, but we are the lesser of evils.

Perhaps we're not the greater good, but we are the lesser of evils.

Don Winslow quotes: Now he seeks truth in silence. He seeks God in the same, although he has come to believe that truth and God are the same. Truth, stillness, and God.

Now he seeks truth in silence. He seeks God in the same, although he has come to believe that truth and God are the same. Truth, stillness, and God.

Don Winslow quotes: Americans take their strength in victories, Mexicans' strength is in their ability to suffer loss.

Americans take their strength in victories, Mexicans' strength is in their ability to suffer loss.

Don Winslow quotes: Deliver my soul from the sword; my love from the power of the dog. Psalms 22:20

Deliver my soul from the sword; my love from the power of the dog. Psalms 22:20

Don Winslow quotes: The bridge to Coronado Island off San Diego was built because the mob had a hotel there and needed a way to get people out there.

The bridge to Coronado Island off San Diego was built because the mob had a hotel there and needed a way to get people out there.

Don Winslow quotes: I get started at 5:30 in the morning and write till 10 A.M. Then I hike six or seven miles before going back to work.

I get started at 5:30 in the morning and write till 10 A.M. Then I hike six or seven miles before going back to work.

Don Winslow quotes: We go off the meds and elect Richard Nixon, the Nurse Ratched of the American political psych ward.

We go off the meds and elect Richard Nixon, the Nurse Ratched of the American political psych ward.

Don Winslow quotes: They got the absolute freedom to choose what we want them to.

They got the absolute freedom to choose what we want them to.

Don Winslow quotes: ...'would have' is just another way of saying 'didn't.

...'would have' is just another way of saying 'didn't.

Don Winslow quotes: The past isn't in the past. It's always with us. In our history. Our minds, our blood.

The past isn't in the past. It's always with us. In our history. Our minds, our blood.

Don Winslow quotes: The bozo who's going to go early John Woo all over the manicured lawns and flower beds just to show he doesn't give a fuck about convention.

The bozo who's going to go early John Woo all over the manicured lawns and flower beds just to show he doesn't give a fuck about convention.

Don Winslow quotes: Producing words isn't a problem for me. And I usually write two books at a time. When one horse gets winded, you jump on the other.

Producing words isn't a problem for me. And I usually write two books at a time. When one horse gets winded, you jump on the other.

Don Winslow quotes: My problem is not that there are too few ideas out there. It's that there are too many.

My problem is not that there are too few ideas out there. It's that there are too many.

Don Winslow quotes: Nasty Ass got his street name because he always smells like he has a round in the chamber. If

Nasty Ass got his street name because he always smells like he has a round in the chamber. If

Don Winslow quotes: Smart people sometimes get stupid, but stupid people never get smart.

Smart people sometimes get stupid, but stupid people never get smart.

Don Winslow quotes: Grande is Mexico's harshest and most secure prison, and

Grande is Mexico's harshest and most secure prison, and

Don Winslow quotes: Well, if you're writing a thriller, you have to have your character in mortal jeopardy on page 1 or it's not a thriller.

Well, if you're writing a thriller, you have to have your character in mortal jeopardy on page 1 or it's not a thriller.

Don Winslow quotes: guy trips over the age thirty wire, he realizes that certain things he wanted in his life just aren't going to happen.

guy trips over the age thirty wire, he realizes that certain things he wanted in his life just aren't going to happen.

Don Winslow quotes: the old "4-4-40" rough standard for human survival: four minutes without air, four days without water, forty days without food.

the old "4-4-40" rough standard for human survival: four minutes without air, four days without water, forty days without food.

Don Winslow quotes: Luis hopes for heaven. Keller fears hell. Vera fears only death, and that because he takes such pleasure in life.

Luis hopes for heaven.
Keller fears hell.
Vera fears only death, and that because he takes such pleasure in life.

Don Winslow quotes: At least Barrera didn't stick the envelope into her panties.

At least Barrera didn't stick the envelope into her panties.

Don Winslow quotes: I don't recognize myself. I don't know who I am anymore. And it's all fun and games until someone loses an I.

I don't recognize myself. I don't know who I am anymore. And it's all fun and games until someone loses an I.

Don Winslow quotes: Satan can only tempt you with what you already have.

Satan can only tempt you with what you already have.

Don Winslow quotes: Life, he muses, always gives you an excuse to take what you want anyway.

Life, he muses, always gives you an excuse to take what you want anyway.

Don Winslow quotes: Mexico is a cemetery for secrets.

Mexico is a cemetery for secrets.

Don Winslow quotes: There is no water to put out the fire. Mi canto la esperanza. - Carlos Santana "Maria Maria

There is no water to put out the fire. Mi canto la esperanza. - Carlos Santana "Maria Maria

Don Winslow quotes: If you let people believe that you are weak, sooner or later you're going to have to kill them.

If you let people believe that you are weak, sooner or later you're going to have to kill them.

Don Winslow quotes: I have to remind the people who put down East Coast surfing that Kelly Slater is from Florida.

I have to remind the people who put down East Coast surfing that Kelly Slater is from Florida.

Don Winslow quotes: Art can't decide whether the War on Drugs is an obscene absurdity or an absurd obscenity. In either case, it's a tragic, bloody farce.

Art can't decide whether the War on Drugs is an obscene absurdity or an absurd obscenity. In either case, it's a tragic, bloody farce.

Don Winslow quotes: Shit," Pablo says.

Shit," Pablo says.

Don Winslow quotes: You can either love," Pablo says, "or you can talk about it. You can't do both.

You can either love," Pablo says, "or you can talk about it. You can't do both.

Don Winslow quotes: As a surfer, I think of places like a wave: you see one thing on the surface. But you always know there's something different going on underneath.

As a surfer, I think of places like a wave: you see one thing on the surface. But you always know there's something different going on underneath.

Don Winslow quotes: I start work at 5 in the morning and I have a wicked insomnia problem.

I start work at 5 in the morning and I have a wicked insomnia problem.

Don Winslow quotes: And the most dangerous place on earth - Is where you're safe.

And the most dangerous place on earth - Is where you're safe.

Don Winslow quotes: Beware the hospitality of the sociopath.

Beware the hospitality of the sociopath.

Don Winslow quotes: What's the problem?" Fuck it, Art thought. Too late now. So he answered, "That we look at 'these people' like 'targets.

What's the problem?" Fuck it, Art thought. Too late now. So he answered, "That we look at 'these people' like 'targets.

Don Winslow quotes: Maybe, Keller thinks, I've become too used to solitude. Maybe I like it too much.

Maybe, Keller thinks, I've become too used to solitude. Maybe I like it too much.

Don Winslow quotes: This violent state of mind.This violent state of mine.

This violent state of mind.
This violent state of mine.

Don Winslow quotes: Also: do not fuck with someone until you know exactly who the fuck you're fucking with.And then don't do it.

Also: do not fuck with someone until you know exactly who the fuck you're fucking with.
And then don't do it.

Don Winslow quotes: You know, I mean this sincerely, you know, I'm so grateful that I get to get up in the morning and do this, you know, and write books.

You know, I mean this sincerely, you know, I'm so grateful that I get to get up in the morning and do this, you know, and write books.

Don Winslow quotes: So I thought I should write five pages a day. And that's what I did. Eventually I had a book.

So I thought I should write five pages a day. And that's what I did. Eventually I had a book.

Don Winslow quotes: The people, they don't know what it takes sometimes to keep them safe and it's better that they don't.

The people, they don't know what it takes sometimes to keep them safe and it's better that they don't.

Don Winslow quotes: When the devil comes, he comes on angel's wings.

When the devil comes, he comes on angel's wings.

Don Winslow quotes: Giorgio cannot leave a bottle undrunk or an attractive woman unfucked, and those activities tend to get in the way of revolution.

Giorgio cannot leave a bottle undrunk or an attractive woman unfucked, and those activities tend to get in the way of revolution.

Don Winslow quotes: he's not sure how safe this meeting is going to be. And

he's not sure how safe this meeting is going to be. And

Don Winslow quotes: This is not a war on drugs. This is a war on the poor. This is a war on the poor and the powerless, the voiceless and the invisible,

This is not a war on drugs. This is a war on the poor. This is a war on the poor and the powerless, the voiceless and the invisible,

Don Winslow quotes: A great review is great. A bad review is the worst.

A great review is great. A bad review is the worst.

Don Winslow quotes: Keller has long believed that you have to be lucky to be good, but not good to be lucky.

Keller has long believed that you have to be lucky to be good, but not good to be lucky.

Don Winslow quotes: The lost, the lonely, the bicultural misfits with a foot in two worlds and a place in neither.

The lost, the lonely, the bicultural misfits with a foot in two worlds and a place in neither.

Don Winslow quotes: There are various kinds of savagery: emotional, spiritual, economic, and cultural savagery.

There are various kinds of savagery: emotional, spiritual, economic, and cultural savagery.

Don Winslow quotes: I was a safari guide in the 1980s in Kenya.

I was a safari guide in the 1980s in Kenya.

Don Winslow quotes: Even a North American defense lawyer is right sometimes," Aguilar says. "Like a broken clock, twice a day.

Even a North American defense lawyer is right sometimes," Aguilar says. "Like a broken clock, twice a day.

Don Winslow quotes: You're a big boy," Ana observes, staring blankly into her cup. "You could have said no." "I stand with Oscar Wilde on the subject of temptation.

You're a big boy," Ana observes, staring blankly into her cup. "You could have said no." "I stand with Oscar Wilde on the subject of temptation.

Don Winslow quotes: Maybe money can't buy happiness, but it can rent it for a long time.

Maybe money can't buy happiness, but it can rent it for a long time.

Don Winslow quotes: The Mexicans have finally found a drug that white trash likes and can afford. And one thing you ain't never gonna run out of is white trash.

The Mexicans have finally found a drug that white trash likes and can afford. And one thing you ain't never gonna run out of is white trash.

Don Winslow quotes: That's all right, Neal thought. Every one of us is at least two people.

That's all right, Neal thought. Every one of us is at least two people.

Don Winslow quotes: She's also ruthless - it's love me or off with your head. She's the Red Queen

She's also ruthless - it's love me or off with your head. She's the Red Queen

Don Winslow quotes: A lot of existential questions will be answered just after the "Fuck." As in life itself.

A lot of existential questions will be answered just after the "Fuck." As in life itself.

Don Winslow quotes: We always think of borders as something that separates two peoples but of course they unite them. It's something you have in common, literally.

We always think of borders as something that separates two peoples but of course they unite them. It's something you have in common, literally.