Suicide Run Quotes

“from the short story, Cielo Azul

“Harry, get an ambulance.”

I stood up and stepped back from the scene. I felt my chest growing tight, a clarity of thought coming over me. In all my years I had spoken for the dead many times. I had avenged the dead. I was at home with the dead. But I had never so clearly had a part in pulling someone away from the outstretched hands of death.

And in that moment I knew we had done just that. And I knew that whatever happened afterward and wherever my life took me, I would always have this moment, that it would be a light that could lead me out of the darkest of tunnels.”
― Michael Connelly, Suicide Run

“True stories evolve as details are remembered and others are forgotten. A false story, one that has been rehearsed in the mind, usually remains constant.”
― Michael Connelly, Suicide Run

“People often mistook a sugar high for clarity of thought. Bosch knew the truth was that the rush made them take chances and they made mistakes.”
― Michael Connelly, Suicide Run

“The air they drove through was clear and crisp. They kept the windows up and their expectations down. The call was a suicide run. They”
― Michael Connelly, Suicide Run