If Angels Fall Quotes

“Oro en paz, fierro en guerra. “You know our jingle,” Gonzales said. “Gold in peace. Iron in war.”
― Rick Mofina, If Angels Fall

“If you talked about writing books, you’d never do it.”
― Rick Mofina, If Angels Fall

“Tums.”
― Rick Mofina, If Angels Fall

“the shower, he thought of the children. What about their birth months? Signs of the Zodiac. The Zodiac? He patted Old Spice on his face after shaving, pulled a fresh pair of pants over his Fruit of the Looms. He chose the shirt with the fewest wrinkles, a blue Arrow”
― Rick Mofina, If Angels Fall

“subway to Oakland,”
― Rick Mofina, If Angels Fall

“highway curled breathtakingly close to the cliff edges above the Pacific, its cresting cobalt waves pummeling the rocks while embracing the beaches below. The view soothed”
― Rick Mofina, If Angels Fall

“child!” the Reverend thundered after Edward committed sins as heinous as spilling his milk at the supper table, or failing to wash away a trace of dirt from his hands before inspection. “Edward, fetch the rod.” His father would command him to get the viperlike leather strap hanging from a nail inside the study near the painting of Golgotha. Edward would tremble. He had long ago forsaken pleading for mercy. Begging was a sign of weakness, a failing”
― Rick Mofina, If Angels Fall

“man was confessing to him.”
― Rick Mofina, If Angels Fall

“Oh, hello, Tom.” No malice. Doris was not an interfering mother-in-law. She was always pleasant to him.”
― Rick Mofina, If Angels Fall

“Gold Gate Park.”
― Rick Mofina, If Angels Fall

“Sydowski and his father had good seats at the Coliseum. Thirty rows up from first. But the game lacked zeal. Entering the eighth, with the A’s up by seven over the Yankees, was not exciting baseball.”
― Rick Mofina, If Angels Fall