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Greg Iles quotes: Who gave of their time: Joe Files, MD, Rod Givens, MD,

Who gave of their time: Joe Files, MD, Rod Givens, MD,

Greg Iles quotes: For once the stone hits the surface of the pond, the ripples never really stop.

For once the stone hits the surface of the pond, the ripples never really stop.

Greg Iles quotes: into another identity. And I

into another identity. And I

Greg Iles quotes: blacks who had been dragging the city down for the past twenty years. Rusk and a few trusted friends referred to them as "untouchables.

blacks who had been dragging the city down for the past twenty years. Rusk and a few trusted friends referred to them as "untouchables.

Greg Iles quotes: We do not just belong to this universe, we are it.

We do not just belong to this universe, we are it.

Greg Iles quotes: We're all terrified by rattlesnakes, but the spider we brush off our sleeve with hardly a thought is far more likely to hurt us.

We're all terrified by rattlesnakes, but the spider we brush off our sleeve with hardly a thought is far more likely to hurt us.

Greg Iles quotes: The colonel had a single vice - whiskey - and he looked forward to the anesthetic burn of the Kentucky bourbon with sublime anticipation.

The colonel had a single vice - whiskey - and he looked forward to the anesthetic burn of the Kentucky bourbon with sublime anticipation.

Greg Iles quotes: Mom covers the wrought-iron patio table with newspaper, and Dad dumps the steaming crawfish

Mom covers the wrought-iron patio table with newspaper, and Dad dumps the steaming crawfish

Greg Iles quotes: Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children, because they're more certain they are their own.

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children, because they're more certain they are their own.

Greg Iles quotes: Man is the universe becoming conscious of itself.

Man is the universe becoming conscious of itself.

Greg Iles quotes: At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. - Aristotle

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. - Aristotle

Greg Iles quotes: A man's biggest enemy is his mouth.

A man's biggest enemy is his mouth.

Greg Iles quotes: Southern Gothic is alive and well. It's not just a genre, it is a way of life.

Southern Gothic is alive and well. It's not just a genre, it is a way of life.

Greg Iles quotes: learned a long time ago, if you're going to wait for this world to be fair, you're going to be waiting in the grave.

learned a long time ago, if you're going to wait for this world to be fair, you're going to be waiting in the grave.

Greg Iles quotes: The South is the home of 'an eye for an eye.' 'Turning the other cheek'? The South can't see that.

The South is the home of 'an eye for an eye.' 'Turning the other cheek'? The South can't see that.

Greg Iles quotes: The truth is rarely pure and never simple. - Oscar Wilde

The truth is rarely pure and never simple. - Oscar Wilde

Greg Iles quotes: I listened in amazement. You saw a face on an American street, or in an office, and you had no idea that a tragic epic lay behind it.

I listened in amazement. You saw a face on an American street, or in an office, and you had no idea that a tragic epic lay behind it.

Greg Iles quotes: When everything is at risk, good judgment, not haste, makes the difference between life and death. Panic is the enemy.

When everything is at risk, good judgment, not haste, makes the difference between life and death. Panic is the enemy.

Greg Iles quotes: God is merely a part of the human brain, an evolutionary coping mechanism that developed to make bearable our awareness of our own deaths. When

God is merely a part of the human brain, an evolutionary coping mechanism that developed to make bearable our awareness of our own deaths. When

Greg Iles quotes: The Terrible Truth is that brutality is part of human nature, and all the laws in the world can't neuter it.

The Terrible Truth is that brutality is part of human nature, and all the laws in the world can't neuter it.

Greg Iles quotes: PET scan and gene therapy. "I need you

PET scan and gene therapy. "I need you

Greg Iles quotes: I don't really understand the world anymore. But maybe there's some faint hope that the good people on both sides can come together.

I don't really understand the world anymore. But maybe there's some faint hope that the good people on both sides can come together.

Greg Iles quotes: Sooner or later. It had better be sooner. Later is like the horizon; it recedes as you approach.

Sooner or later. It had better be sooner. Later is like the horizon; it recedes as you approach.

Greg Iles quotes: Whenever life gets too good, whenever fate hands you something wonderful, something else gets taken away.

Whenever life gets too good, whenever fate hands you something wonderful, something else gets taken away.

Greg Iles quotes: And I do have one surefire plot I have not and probably never will write because of my fear someone will carry it out.

And I do have one surefire plot I have not and probably never will write because of my fear someone will carry it out.

Greg Iles quotes: People make a grievous error thinking that a list of facts is the truth. Facts are just the bare bones out of which truth is made.

People make a grievous error thinking that a list of facts is the truth. Facts are just the bare bones out of which truth is made.

Greg Iles quotes: But as my mother always said: You never know what's cooking in someone else's pot.

But as my mother always said: You never know what's cooking in someone else's pot.

$Greg Iles quotes: The irrevocable events of our lives happen in seconds, sometimes fractions of seconds.$ The irrevocable events of our lives happen in seconds, sometimes fractions of seconds.

Greg Iles quotes: Even chitlins smell good to a starving man.

Even chitlins smell good to a starving man.

Greg Iles quotes: Any person who wants to govern the world is by definition the wrong person to do it.

Any person who wants to govern the world is by definition the wrong person to do it.

Greg Iles quotes: The mills of the gods grind slowly....but they grind to dust.

The mills of the gods grind slowly....but they grind to dust.

Greg Iles quotes: Don't keep a girl guessing too long, or she'll find the answer somewhere else.

Don't keep a girl guessing too long, or she'll find the answer somewhere else.

Greg Iles quotes: For Sweden, the price of aiding the Allies could be fifty thousand uninvited guests

For Sweden, the price of aiding the Allies could be fifty thousand uninvited guests

Greg Iles quotes: fervent, will not cure the afflicted. Nor

fervent, will not cure the afflicted. Nor

Greg Iles quotes: The evil prosper, and the innocent pay the bills for them.

The evil prosper, and the innocent pay the bills for them.

Greg Iles quotes: The larger world lay not across oceans but within the human mind and heart.

The larger world lay not across oceans but within the human mind and heart.

Greg Iles quotes: Some things we must pass over in silence.

Some things we must pass over in silence.

Greg Iles quotes: treachery, weakness, envy, fanaticism - the most destructive forces available to man.

treachery, weakness, envy, fanaticism - the most destructive forces available to man.

Greg Iles quotes: There is always something.

There is always something.

Greg Iles quotes: There's nothing harder than fighting alone, with no one to keep you company in your foxhole.

There's nothing harder than fighting alone, with no one to keep you company in your foxhole.

Greg Iles quotes: My father has always been the heart of my Penn Cage novels.

My father has always been the heart of my Penn Cage novels.

Greg Iles quotes: Men fantasize about wanton women, but when they meet one, they're paralyzed by fear.

Men fantasize about wanton women, but when they meet one, they're paralyzed by fear.

Greg Iles quotes: Experiences are like hoarded gold. Whenever I dole out a piece of my private suffering, that is when I get letters from all over the world.

Experiences are like hoarded gold. Whenever I dole out a piece of my private suffering, that is when I get letters from all over the world.

Greg Iles quotes: Because death is the end, and if a man doesn't speak before it silences him, then the things he holds closest die with him.

Because death is the end, and if a man doesn't speak before it silences him, then the things he holds closest die with him.

Greg Iles quotes: I deal with the human psychology and evil. They are my twin issues.

I deal with the human psychology and evil. They are my twin issues.

Greg Iles quotes: Deer were damn good swimmers, though not many people knew it.

Deer were damn good swimmers, though not many people knew it.

Greg Iles quotes: You can't build happiness on someone else's pain.

You can't build happiness on someone else's pain.

Greg Iles quotes: Path of least resistance, or the walk over hot coals.

Path of least resistance, or the walk over hot coals.

Greg Iles quotes: Just because you will not see the work completed does not mean you are free not to take it up.

Just because you will not see the work completed does not mean you are free not to take it up.

Greg Iles quotes: the embarrassment

the embarrassment

Greg Iles quotes: You never wear red to no funeral; red says the dead person was a fool.

You never wear red to no funeral; red says the dead person was a fool.

Greg Iles quotes: IF A MAN is forced to choose between the truth and his father, only a fool chooses the truth.

IF A MAN is forced to choose between the truth and his father, only a fool chooses the truth.

Greg Iles quotes: 'See Spot run!' is a perfect sentence in some ways. But I doubt the critics would say it was.

'See Spot run!' is a perfect sentence in some ways. But I doubt the critics would say it was.

Greg Iles quotes: God is all powerful.God is good.Evil exists.You can reconcile any two of those statements, but not all three.

God is all powerful.
God is good.
Evil exists.
You can reconcile any two of those statements, but not all three.

Greg Iles quotes: her? I wonder. "Tom?" I say, taking advantage of

her? I wonder. "Tom?" I say, taking advantage of

Greg Iles quotes: change my conviction.

change my conviction.

Greg Iles quotes: Kaiser and Lenz are staring at each other like hunters who have walked into a thicket after a lion and found a unicorn.

Kaiser and Lenz are staring at each other like hunters who have walked into a thicket after a lion and found a unicorn.

Greg Iles quotes: Elbowed Danny. You think Shields is the father of that baby?

Elbowed Danny. You think Shields is the father of that baby?

Greg Iles quotes: I don't say it was hard, because everybody got it hard, some way.

I don't say it was hard, because everybody got it hard, some way.

Greg Iles quotes: I will do those things which make me happy today and which I can also live with ten years from now.

I will do those things which make me happy today and which I can also live with ten years from now.

Greg Iles quotes: carefully negotiated his way

carefully negotiated his way

Greg Iles quotes: Sheriff Dennis lifts an Ole Miss coffee mug off the desk and spits tobacco juice into it. "I like spitting on the Rebels," he says distractedly.

Sheriff Dennis lifts an Ole Miss coffee mug off the desk and spits tobacco juice into it. "I like spitting on the Rebels," he says distractedly.

Greg Iles quotes: between us. That night I prayed like a man trying to polish coal

between us. That night I prayed like a man trying to polish coal

Greg Iles quotes: I like taking a character at the most intense moments of their lives and exploring all that in full and then moving on.

I like taking a character at the most intense moments of their lives and exploring all that in full and then moving on.

Greg Iles quotes: Rumor runs through the community like a plague, and truth is the first casualty.

Rumor runs through the community like a plague, and truth is the first casualty.