The Devil's Bed Quotes

“Life is a blessing and death a deliverance. Both are gifts, and neither is in our hands.”
― William Kent Krueger, The Devil's Bed

“1. The world is hard. Be strong. 2. Love is for only a few. Don’t expect it. 3. Life isn’t fair. But some people are. Be one of them.”
― William Kent Krueger, The Devil's Bed

“I think the human heart’s a mystery only God knows the answer to.”
― William Kent Krueger, The Devil's Bed

“Father Don Cannon claimed people came into the world with much of their spirit already formed. If that was true, then maybe something had been in David Moses when he was born, some possibility of goodness that all the cruelty and betrayal in his life hadn’t managed to destroy completely. Bo would never know for sure. Moses had taken all the answers with him.”
― William Kent Krueger, The Devil's Bed

“It was a city built on promise, on compromise, on inspiration and empty rhetoric both, on history poorly remembered and easily bent, and once in a while, on good people with the best of intentions who battled against the distrust, misdirection, and deceit that was politics as usual. (Referring to Washington, D.C.)”
― William Kent Krueger, The Devil's Bed

“Information is power,” she continued. “Any organization with power and that operates under a cloak of secrecy and darkness becomes a breeding ground for monstrous abuse, no matter how good-intentioned the goals are initially.”
― William Kent Krueger, The Devil's Bed

“Maybe the dead have finally gone to rest.” “They never do, Bo.” He thought about the dead who were with him now and who always would be, and he knew Otter was right.”
― William Kent Krueger, The Devil's Bed

“THE WORLD IS HARD. BE STRONG. LOVE IS FOR ONLY A FEW. DON’T EXPECT IT. LIFE ISN’T FAIR. BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE. BE ONE OF THEM.”
― William Kent Krueger, The Devil's Bed

“Ghosts. There were too many of them in his life now. He lifted his glass, and with the last swallow of his sherry, he toasted the dead.”
― William Kent Krueger, The Devil's Bed