Bringing Adam Home Quotes

“The houses there sat on lots of an acre or more, and some neighbors still kept horses. The urban centers of Fort Lauderdale and Miami were nearby, and if you wanted a dose of the city, you could easily get it.”
― Les Standiford, Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America

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― Les Standiford, Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America

“Then why on earth had she never told anyone about these things? Matthews asked. Linda didn’t miss a beat. “Because no one ever asked,” she said. “You’re the first that ever did.”
― Les Standiford, Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America

“As even newly elected presidents have learned, trying to correct the conduct of business as usual in the federal bureaucracy is like trying to nudge an ocean liner off its path by standing on a rubber raft and pressing on the liner’s hull with your bare hands as it speeds by.”
― Les Standiford, Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America

“In his profession, Wright had seen horror stacked on horror, plenty of evidence that there was no shortage of hell right here on earth. As to what had kept him sane in the face of all that he had witnessed, it was a simple sense of purpose. “It is that simple, John,” Wright said. “There is evil. And there is good.”
― Les Standiford, Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America

“It’s like you’ve been in a terrible accident and had your arm amputated,” she told him. “After a while, the pain goes away, and eventually you even learn to get along without your arm. Some days you’re sad that you’re missing your arm, and some days you’re angry about it, and some days you’re okay. But, no matter what, no matter how long it’s been, you never stop missing your arm.”
― Les Standiford, Bringing Adam Home: The Abduction That Changed America