The Mark Quotes

“Joe slipped his hand down to his holster, unbuckling his Glock. The metal felt cool, inviting, as though it had lain dormant for too long. He heard another snap, saw Denton’s hand move from his hip. Finally they were about to confront Henry Parker, and both of their safeties were off.”
― Jason Pinter, The Mark

“If the laws of division were correct, a Motel 3 would be half as good as Motel 6. And right they were. It resembled a two-story slab of pancake-colored timeshares, the paint looking like it hadn't received a second coat since before Sherwin married Williams.”
― Jason Pinter, The Mark

“Nothing," she said. "But I've seen better handwriting from animals without opposable thumbs.”
― Jason Pinter, The Mark

“Excuse me, but could we borrow a pen?" Joyce looked at me like I'd asked for her firstborn child, then took a Bic from behind her ear and handed it over. I looked at the pen, took a napkin and wiped it down. Who knew where her ears had been?”
― Jason Pinter, The Mark

“Off in the distance, the Ringer watched the Ford Tundra drive off into the night before it disappeared around a bend in the road. There were few lights”
― Jason Pinter, The Mark

“I thanked her, and while normally I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing sweaters so hideous they’d offend Bill Gates’s fashion sense, beggars can’t be choosers and all that.”
― Jason Pinter, The Mark

“One thing Mauser leaned over the years was that students, almost to a one, viewed the world from the inside of a fishbowl. They had the bigger points covered—genocide in Kamchatka, illegal whale hunting in the Arctic Circle, shit like the. But if you asked about anything relevant to their lives they’d look at you with glazed eyes and go right back to sipping their double-mocha lattes.”
― Jason Pinter, The Mark

“Leonard Denton had a squeaky clean rep in the department, squeaky to the point where people almost assumed he would flip out one day and go postal. He was efficient and by the book, admirable qualities. But being admired and having admirable qualities were two totally different animals.”
― Jason Pinter, The Mark

“at the Virgin megastore.”
― Jason Pinter, The Mark

“Marion Crane. The girl who just wanted a better life.”
― Jason Pinter, The Mark