Eyes of Prey Quotes

“I used to be a Catholic, and when I first started police work, I worried about that. I saw a lot of people dead or dying for no apparent reason . . . not people I killed, just people. Little kids who'd drowned, people dying in auto accidents and with heart attacks and strokes. I saw a lineman burn to death, up on a pole, little bits and pieces, and nobody could help . . . . I watched them go, screaming and crying and sometimes just lying there with their tongues stuck out, heaving, with all the screaming and hollering from friends and relatives . . . and I never saw anyone looking beyond. I think, Michael, I think they just blink out. That's all. I think they go where the words on a computer screen go, when you turn it off. One minute they exist, maybe they're even profound, maybe the result of a great deal of work. The next . . . . Whiff. Gone.”
― John Sandford, Eyes of Prey

“Carol Druze Was A Stone Killer.”
― John Sandford, Eyes of Prey

“Your friends...are sometimes different people than you think they are. Most of your friends are halfway made-up. They're what you'd like them to be.”
― John Sandford, Eyes of Prey

“I think they go where the words on a computer screen go, when you turn it off.”
― John Sandford, Eyes Of Prey

“You wanna see a game, kid? They ain’t the Cubs, but what the hell.” Lucas lifted Sarah to straddle the back of his neck and she grabbed his ear and him with the pacifier. What felt like a gob of saliva hit him in the part of his hair. “I’ll teach you how to boo. Maybe we can get you a bag to put on your head.”
― John Sandford, Eyes Of Prey

“You got a good eye,” Lucas said. “You might make a cop someday.” The kid looked away. “Naw, I couldn’t do that,” he said. His mother prodded him, but he went on. “Cops gotta fuck with people. I couldn’t do that for a living.”
― John Sandford, Eyes Of Prey

“Lucas looked down the street toward the Metrodome. "I don't want to do anything today. I just want to sit somewhere and see if I can feel good. There's a Twins game...."
"Sarah's never been."
"You wanna see a game, kid? They ain't the Cubs, but what the hell." Lucas lifted Sarah to straddle the back of his neck and she grabbed his ear and him with the pacifier. What felt like a gob of saliva hit him in the part of his hair. "I'll teach you how to boo. Maybe we can get you a bag to put on your head.”
― John Sandford, Eyes of Prey

“What the f-f-f... What's that supposed to mean?" the reporter sputtered. The TV cameraman behind him was laughing. TV people ranked radio people, so laughing was all right.
"What's 'f-f-f' supposed to mean?" Lester asked. He turned away and pointed to a woman wearing glasses the size of compact discs. "You."
"What precautions should women in the Twin Cities take?" She had an improbably smooth delivery, with great round O's, as though she were reading for a play.”
― John Sandford, Eyes of Prey

“You know why they've got such great voices, the TV people?" Andersen asked, going off in a new direction. "Because they reverberate in the space where most people have brains. . .”
― John Sandford, Eyes of Prey