Briarpatch Quotes

“The redheaded homicide detective stepped through the door at 7:30 A.M. and out into the August heat that already had reached 88 degrees. By noon the temperature would hit 100, and by two or three o'clock it would be hovering around 105. Frayed nerves would then start to snap and produce a marked increase in the detective's business. Breadknife weather, the detective thought. Breadknives in the afternoon.”
― Ross Thomas, Briarpatch

“Dying in vain isn't really all that bad since nearly everyone does it. It's the living in vain you really have to watch out for.”
― Ross Thomas, Briarpatch

“The eyes were large and gray and in a certain light looked soft, gentle, and even innocent. Then the light would change, the innocence would vanish, and the eyes looked like year-old ice.”
― Ross Thomas, Briarpatch

“What I figure I’m really doing is growing my own briarpatch. Grow it high enough and thick enough, there ain’t nobody gonna come poking around in it.”
― Ross Thomas, Briarpatch

“The rain was steady and unrelenting and, like all steady and unrelenting things, boring.”
― Ross Thomas, Briarpatch

“She was wearing a dark-red swimsuit consisting of two small triangles up above and a mere suggestion of something down below. If she took everything off, Dill thought, she would look a lot less naked.”
― Ross Thomas, Briarpatch

“The laugh came then, a marvelous honking hoorah so infectious that Dill felt it should be quarantined.”
― Ross Thomas, Briarpatch

“The eyes were larger and gray and in a certain light looked soft, gentle, and even innocent. Then the light would change, the innocence would vanish, and the eyes looked like year-old ice.”
― Ross Thomas, Briarpatch

“They were the only kind he ever wore, primarily because they were all exactly alike and when he reached into the sock drawer, he didn’t have to worry about whether they matched.”
― Ross Thomas, Briarpatch