Land of Shadows Quotes

“May you be in heaven a full half hour before the Devil knows you're dead”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“had that combative tilt to his chin, that swagger anyone could master if he watched Season One of The Wire.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“Zucca sprayed luminol in the Jet Inn’s parking lot, the entire building would glow like a float in Disneyland’s Electrical Parade.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“He was so shiny that he probably bled Windex; so clean, he probably peed Lysol.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“Jesus was probably tired of receiving appointment notices, only for me to send cancellations five minutes before the meeting’s start.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“I committed myself to scheduling a come-to-Jesus heart-to-heart with Greg,”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“The sunset made you think life was one big Hallmark store. If you ignored the bereavement, divorce, and “get well” sections, then, yeah, it was.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“The sound of a dial tone told me she had hung up.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“The neighborhood was bad when I was a kid, but in a candy-is-bad-for-you kind of way. Now, though, it was bad for you like swallowing Drano followed by a rat poison chaser.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“Hate to say it, but my sister had more bangers inside of her than the county jail.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“Then, they all told me that I was a lucky girl. Yep, as lucky as Nancy Reagan getting lost in Watts on New Year’s Eve.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“Unless the agent had meant twenty football minutes. Converted into real time, that would be … a six-hour drive.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“Unless the agent had meant twenty football minutes.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“He scowled. “I didn’t come all the way from Colorado to dig through some trash can.” “And I didn’t come all the way from the Westside to hear you bitch about coming from Colorado.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“The security guard was wheezing, and his dark skin glistened with the sweat of a man who drove a Segway to take a crap.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“Dead” had a taste—like you’ve eaten globs of rotting hamburger meat while sucking on pennies.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“Freakin’ broads were taking over the LAPD. What next? Pink Glocks and Spanx instead of bulletproof vests and all-steel Walther PPKs?”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“And even though this was now my investigation, he told Colin (because Colin had a penis) about entering the condo.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“And you look like you’re going to a bar mitzvah at the Ponderosa.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“Then, I whispered a quick prayer—God was like my mother’s ex-boyfriend who I still liked, and so I snuck quick conversations with Him because, sometimes, He did cool things for me.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“UC Santa Cruz, home of the Fightin' Banana Slugs, was my alma mater. Sure, we had athletics and cheerleaders, but we were also Division 183 or something. So sports: yay?”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“And for just a second or two, we lusted after 21 Jump Street Johnny Depp.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“And you look like you're going to a bar mitzvah at the Ponderosa.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows

“He drummed the table with his fingers and chewed his bottom lip. "Who knows what she wants. She says she's forgiven me. That I should come home." I forked a piece of corned beef off his plate. "End of relationship haiku." He counted on his fingers--five-seven-five--and that perfect smile of his peeked from the gloom.”
― Rachel Howzell Hall, Land of Shadows