Death Rocks Quotes

“In one crushing moment, it became obvious to Jack that he’d behaved like a Buffoon of the First Order. When he thought of his petulant sulk the previous morning, he could cheerfully have dug a hole for himself to have crawled into, for it was clear that Charlotte Reed was a hard-working person who asked no favours except common decency from others. She had responsibilities at work and at home that outweighed his own, by a long margin, and the prospect of moving to a new team based in Newcastle was obviously a great relief to her. Despite his frosty welcome, she’d persevered with him, made him laugh, and even covered for him in front of the others, extending a friendly olive branch though he hadn’t deserved it”
― L.J. Ross, Death Rocks

“as soon as you pluck a weed, another one springs straight up to take its place. There’ll always be somebody else to do the killing, the raping, the assault, the stealing…you name it.” Phillips could only remind him of why he continued to pluck the weeds. “Without you and me, and all the others who stand for what’s good and right in the world, they’d have free rein,” Phillips said. “You can’t change how other people think, or what they do, but you can try to prevent them from doing it again, that’s for sure. You can protect the public from further harm.”
― L.J. Ross, Death Rocks

“to place humanity on a pedestal was to be perennially disappointed.”
― LJ Ross, Death Rocks

“I’m packin’ on the protein,” Phillips said, indignantly. “That’s what all the bodybuilders do, before they shred off the fat and reveal a six-pack that’s been lurkin’ underneath. I’m carb-loadin’, too, because I’ve got this Dance-Off to think about, and the last thing I need is to run out of energy.”
― LJ Ross, Death Rocks