The Accidental Hero Quotes

“IN ALL THE YEARS I’ve spent here at Salton Sea State Penitentiary, I swear I never met a scarier man than Big Pete. ”
― Joshua Graham, The Accidental Hero

“writers, we”
― Joshua Graham, The Accidental Hero

“You trying to renegotiate terms, boys?”  Big Pete stood slowly.  His shadow covered both of them as he straightened out. ”
― Joshua Graham, The Accidental Hero

“They were businessmen who were worse than any of the Bloods or Crips I ever met—and believe me, I met more than a few of them in my life.”
― Joshua Graham, The Accidental Hero

“When Big Pete first arrived here at Salton’s death row, everyone said to me, “Yo, B! (my name’s Brian, but that ain’t so cool, so all my brothers calls me “B” instead) What’s it like being Big Pete’s cellie?  You scared he gonna kill you in your sleep?”  I just smiled and let them guess.  It gave me some respect with the other inmates that I was a brother sharing a cell with the big, white, killing machine—and was still alive every morning.  But they didn’t know Big Pete like I do.  And I’m sure gonna miss him when he’s gone.”
― Joshua Graham, The Accidental Hero

“Accepted.”
― Joshua Graham, The Accidental Hero

“worship”
― Joshua Graham, The Accidental Hero

“Big Pete didn’t like being distracted by those Bible verses, minutes before he took out a preacher in cold blood. He shook it off like a mosquito sucking blood from his neck.  The red carpeted aisle to the front of the auditorium seemed to go on forever.  Where”
― Joshua Graham, The Accidental Hero

“simple. ”
― Joshua Graham, The Accidental Hero

“I’m good.”
― Joshua Graham, The Accidental Hero

“see you!” Pete forced a smile.  See, it’d been forever since he’d even set foot inside a church, so he had no clue how he should act.  “Uh---Hallelujah!  Jesus saves!” The greeter’s smile looked like it wanted to fade, but stayed frozen there for the sake of being polite.  Then he reached up patted Pete on the shoulder.  “Right on, bro.  Right on.  Welcome!” “Amen.”  Pete’s”
― Joshua Graham, The Accidental Hero

“through his scalp.  What was with these people at In-N-Out?  And why, after all these years, was he suddenly noticing these verses—the night before…? Pete pulled out his iPhone and googled the verse.  Like a heavy blanket, dread fell over him.  It read: Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hears my voice, and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. “Gimme a break!”  He slid his iPhone back into his pocket and didn’t give it another thought.  He had a job to do, a reputation to protect. ”
― Joshua Graham, The Accidental Hero

“save her!" Doctor Yang nodded and returned to the team.  Seconds later an alarm from the EKG blared again.  Bethie's”
― Joshua Graham, The Accidental Hero

“reputation,”
― Joshua Graham, The Accidental Hero

“He didn’t like whining women, but he really, really hated whining men. ”
― Joshua Graham, The Accidental Hero

“why. I have found it difficult at times to forgive myself for what happened.  But a significant part of the answer involves forgiveness, something I never truly understood”
― Joshua Graham, The Accidental Hero

“The yellow tape had been removed.  A squad car idled on the sidewalk in front of my house as the neighborhood awoke to a new day.  At the wheel sat Chris, the young partner of Lieutenant Jim O’Brien.  Chris glanced my way then turned away.  I couldn’t tell if it was intentional, his sunglasses obscured any hint.  O'Brien was talking to one of the investigators”
― Joshua Graham, The Accidental Hero