His voice was languidly dense, as if he was a little slow on the uptake, but Strike knew that tone came from the man's feeling of complete control.

Strike said "Huh" again, thinking about betrayal, about how everything and everybody were just so much smoke.

The County Jail looked like a tall, forbidding elementary school. Seven stories of dirty brown brick, one hundred years old and now operating at 330 percent of capacity.

Everything is more interesting and complex in my mind.

And I write novels!" chimed in the other cop. "Though I haven't had any of them published yet, so I better warn you, I'm in a meeeean mood!

There's what people say, and there's what people mean, and I like to explore the difference between the two.

There is no fundamental difference in the ways of thinking of primitive and civilized man. A close connection between race and personality has never been established.

A miracle is a shift in perception. The moment that we choose to perceive our life with love, we can create miraculous change.

It's a real valley when I talk about veal. And calf roping. People were sensitive about calf roping. Which I think is quite funny.

I don't speak during the day. I warm up physically and, obviously, vocally, constantly. And I try to live like a nun.

Women cannot receive even the most palpably judicious suggestion without arguing it; that is, married women.

A good government is one with many information channels, those that give real-time information.

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.