The Night Gardener Quotes

“Soon it began to drizzle for the second time that night. The drops grew heavier and became visible in the headlights of the cars. It was said by some of the police on the scene that God was crying for the girl in the garden. To others, it was only rain.”
― George P. Pelecanos, The Night Gardener

“I'm just a man, no more enlightened than any other.”
― George P. Pelecanos, The Night Gardener

“Brock liked the old stories about outlaws like Red. Men who just didn’t give a good fuck about the law or if and when they’d go down. Having other men talk about you in bars and on street corners after you were dead and gone, that’s what made a life worth living. Otherwise, wasn’t anything about you that was special. ’Cause everybody, straight and criminal alike, ended up covered in dirt. For that reason alone it was important to leave a powerful name behind.”
― George P. Pelecanos, The Night Gardener

“Brock called himself Jamaican but had never set foot on the island. He was as American as folding money and war.”
― George P. Pelecanos, The Night Gardener