The Last Coyote Quotes

“What is jealousy but a reflection of your own failures?”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“Loneliness had been the trash can fire he huddled around for most of his life.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“The civilized people in the world, the ones who hide behind culture and art and politics… and even the law, they’re the ones to watch out for. They’ve got that perfect disguise goin’ for them, you know? But they’re the most vicious. They’re the most dangerous people on earth.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“All these years in the straight life and she still had a whore’s pride.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“When you find the one that you think fits, then grab on for dear life.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“Time had eroded the bond between them. They were strangers who shared the same story.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“She had said she was strong but he knew that comfort and strength could come from sadness. That was what she had.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“You see, the past is what you make of it. You can use it to hurt yourself or others or you can use it to make yourself strong. I’m strong, Harry. Now, tell me why you came to vist me today.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“pride gets in the way of a lot of the right decisions”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“that there was a party under way at the house”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“The past is like a club and you can only hit yourself in the head with it so many times before there is serious and permanent damage. I”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“—Joven, yo creo que solo una vez en la vida te encuentras con una persona que encaja a la perfección contigo. Cuando encuentres a la que crees que encaja, agárrate a ella. Y no te importe lo que haya hecho en el pasado. Nada de eso importa. Agarrarse es lo único que importa. Bosch asintió de nuevo. Fue lo único que se le ocurrió hacer.”
― Michael Connelly, El último coyote

“Ave solitaria que vuela en lo alto,
volando entre un cielo de nubes
canta su lamento conmovedor
planeando sobre suelos turbulentos.”
― Michael Connelly, El último coyote

“There is a basic rule of nature. No living thing sacrifices itself or hurts itself needlessly.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“She then pursed her lips, which served to change her mustache from a hint to an announcement, and took a hard pull on the straw of her soda container.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“As he was shaving in front of the mirror after, he couldn’t help but study the circles under his eyes again. They seemed even more pronounced than earlier and fit nicely with the eyes cracked with red from his drinking the night before.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“I see trees of green Red roses, too I see them bloom For me and you And I think to myself What a wonderful world The song made him feel lonely and sad but that was okay. Loneliness had been the trash can fire he huddled around for most of his life.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“He headed toward the door knowing that they wouldn’t stay in touch. Time had eroded the bond between them. They were strangers who shared the same story.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“The past is like a club and you can only hit yourself in the head with it so many times before there is serious and permanent damage.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“I think, young man, that you only run into a person that is a perfect fit once in your life. When you find the one that you think fits, then grab on for dear life. And it’s no matter what she’s done in the past. None of that matters. Only the holding on matters.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“The Neon Rain.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“I think, young man, that you only run into a person that is a perfect fit once in your life. When you find the one that you think fits, then grab on for dear life.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“Everybody wants the chance to do the right thing, Hirsch. It makes them feel good inside. Even if doing it doesn’t exactly fit inside the rules, sometimes you have to rely on the voice inside that tells you what to do.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“You didn't try to hold on to someone you should have," she said, "I held on to someone I shouldn't have. I held on too long. Thing is, I knew what it was leading to, deep down I knew. It was like standing on the tracks and seeing the train coming at you but being too mesmerized by the bright light to move, to save yourself.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“you find the one that you think fits, then grab on for dear life. Bosch didn’t know if she was the one, but for the moment he held on with everything he had left.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“because you don’t. You couldn’t possibly see things the way I do. The answer is no, no insurance. Like most everybody else, I was living in denial. Isn’t that what you people call”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“bad illness.”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote

“—A veces creo que conozco a los desconocidos mejor que a nadie, mejor que a mí mismo. Aprendo mucho de la gente en mi trabajo. A veces pienso que ni siquiera tengo vida. Solo tengo la vida de los demás…”
― Michael Connelly, El último coyote

“La mayoría de los hombres con los que he estado… Es como si quisieran algo de mí que no les daba. No sé lo que era, pero simplemente no lo tenía para darlo. Entonces o me iba demasiado pronto o me quedaba demasiado.”
― Michael Connelly, El último coyote

“the Democrat. What was worse, for her, at least, was that the mayor was a supporter of”
― Michael Connelly, The Last Coyote