Craig Johnson > Quotes

“A writer, like a sheriff, is the embodiment of a group of people and without their support both are in a tight spot.”
― Craig Johnson, Another Man's Moccasins

“It was the second time that day that I stood looking at a space where a large thing wasn't where it was supposed to be.”
― Craig Johnson, Death Without Company

“He mulled that over. "Sheriff Connally woulda let us shoot 'em."
I reached over and took his coffee away from him. "Yep. Lucian probably would have done the job himself, but we're living in more enlightened times." I drained his cup and handed it back with a smile. "Ain't it grand?”
― Craig Johnson, The Cold Dish

“Maybe there really isn't any such thing as mortality; life simply wears us out with love.”
― Craig Johnson, Kindness Goes Unpunished

“The place was packed as we flooded in, all the patrons freezing at the sight of an armed sheriff, two deputies, an Indian, and a construction worker; we probably looked like the Village People.”
― Craig Johnson, Death Without Company