Talking God Quotes

“I'm getting to be like a white man," she said. "I'm getting in a hurry for you to tell me what this is all about.”
― Tony Hillerman, Talking God

“A Yellow Raft on Blue Water. He’d left it opened to page 158. A hard place to stop.”
― Tony Hillerman, Talking God

“Deputy Sheriff Cowboy Dashee, his good friend who had tagged along on this venture, complained endlessly about the waiting their jobs required. Chee didn’t mind. He had one of those minds in which curiosity is constantly renewed. Wherever he waited, Chee’s eyes wandered. They always found something that interested him.”
― Tony Hillerman, Talking God

“What were you looking for?” Kennedy asked. “Besides tracks.”

“Nothing in particular,” Leaphorn said. “You’re not really looking for anything in particular. If you do that, you don’t see things you’re not looking for.”
― Tony Hillerman, Talking God

“Chee sank into a sofa, removed his hat, warmed his ears with his hands, and observed what his sociology teacher had called “the privileged class.” The professor admitted a prejudice against this class but Chee found them interesting to observe.”
― Tony Hillerman, Talking God

“That made him and Highhawk related on their less important paternal side.”
― Tony Hillerman, Talking God