Mission Flats Quotes

“But sometimes you can't figure everything out because you can't ever really understand other people. You can't understand why they do what they do. You just have to accept a little mystery, Ben. People are mysterious, the world is mysterious. You can't know everything. You're not supposed to. This isn't a history book. It's just the world. It's a messy place.”
― William Landay, Mission Flats: A Novel

“We move through time like a man in a rowboat, looking back even as we move forward.”
― William Landay, Mission Flats: A Novel

“There is no absolute beginning to any story, after all. There is only the moment you begin watching.”
― William Landay, Mission Flats: A Novel

“Nobody gets to you without going through me—and nobody’s getting through me.”
― William Landay, Mission Flats

“Doubt is built into the system. It is a wonderful system but it is administered by humans, so there will always be doubt and error. We have to accept that. We have no choice. None of us has a monopoly on the truth, none of us has a window to the past. We look at the evidence, we make our best guess, and we pray we’ve done the right thing. It’s”
― William Landay, Mission Flats

“there are many more ways to be attractive than to be beautiful.”
― William Landay, Mission Flats

“Our villains always disappoint us. They never look the part.”
― William Landay, Mission Flats

“she was one of those selective, ferociously loyal people who, once they have taken you in, will stand by you through the most desperate times. Such people have few acquaintances and many friends. They withhold their affection because it costs them so much to give it so completely, and because they never—ever—revoke it. If you are lucky, you may meet one or two of them in your life.”
― William Landay, Mission Flats