The Crypt Quotes

“was just after two in the morning. She hoped that the dress she wore would attract the wrong kind of attention. She wasn’t trying to look like a prostitute, just vulnerable. The knee-length dress was decorated with a pretty floral pattern. It was the shortest dress she would ever wear. Her top wasn’t revealing at all. The red angora sweater gave nothing away. Jeans were”
― Jonas Saul, The Crypt

“She’d been in Budapest for over four weeks and her sister Vivian had been silent since her arrival. All Sarah had was the final note her dead sister made her write telling her that Armond Stuart had fled to Hungary.”
― Jonas Saul, The Crypt

“don’t treat them, I just shoot them.”
― Jonas Saul, The Crypt

“Sarah,”
― Jonas Saul, The Crypt

“had eaten in the hotel restaurant and retired early to bed. Parkman had asked if Vivian had said anything lately and Sarah had replied in the negative. He didn’t ask how she was planning to die. Partly because he didn’t want to know, Sarah assumed, and partly because if she did in fact die, how would he tell her parents? He knew them. He was in Europe because of them. Parkman felt it was his personal duty to stay close to Sarah. To protect her.”
― Jonas Saul, The Crypt

“But could she do it? Would she do it? Back to that debate. Was it murder if she caught him just standing around, non-threatening? How about when he was just standing there in the FLDS Mormon Temple a few months back? Would it have been murder then? His female victims were being held captive. Armond was waiting for the right price before he’d sell those innocent teenage girls into sex slavery. He had shot Sarah that day. Why can’t she just shoot him back? Make it even. She’d be the better shot. Once Armond was dead, no more little girls could be kidnapped, shipped overseas and sold to horny old men. Once Armond”
― Jonas Saul, The Crypt

“family didn’t have the money for lawyers. If the Hungarians really wanted to throw the proverbial book at her, she didn’t know what she could do. Although, they would have to prove those charges … and—her status being what it was in the States—she was sure her embassy would get involved in any court action, if it ever got that far. The problem”
― Jonas Saul, The Crypt

“Sarah smiled. Cute old man. She looked around to make sure he wasn’t a decoy, trying to avert her attention to a possible attack. The men setting up the stage were all acting normal. There were no furtive glances or hushed words. None of them even noticed her standing and talking to the old man. Maybe there was nothing in Montone after”
― Jonas Saul, The Crypt