The Boat Man Quotes

“In the preceding months, the Boat Man had come to think of the scar as a metaphor for his life as well, severing it into two parts. On one side of it was Janice, their years together, the future they had planned for. On the other was nothing, an empty shell of an existence, a life that was predicated on only one thing. A”
― Dustin Stevens, The Boat Man

“brought somebody along that I thought you should”
― Dustin Stevens, The Boat Man

“on anything, this one a woman too, though only a shell”
― Dustin Stevens, The Boat Man

“Hard for a man to know what to ask when he doesn’t know what he’s looking for.”
― Dustin Stevens, The Boat Man

“you”
― Dustin Stevens, The Boat Man

“was stowed away in a gym bag as Reed walked up to the front door, the weight of it resting against”
― Dustin Stevens, The Boat Man

“Ignoring everything, he remained where he was, watching as the last few stragglers from the parking lot made their way to the door. As they passed inside the guard stood and waited, seeming to look directly at him in the third row, imploring him to come forward. When no movement came a bow of concession was offered before disappearing, the door closing without a sound.”
― Dustin Stevens, The Boat Man

“virtually invisible as he sat and stared at the front entrance to the chapel. Slumped low behind the wheel, the windows fogging around him, there was no way anybody could have seen him. If not for the occasional burst of the wipers, there would be no indication at all that someone was inside, his car just another anonymous sedan”
― Dustin Stevens, The Boat Man

“waiting”
― Dustin Stevens, The Boat Man

“fine,” Reed said, “be that way. Just stand there”
― Dustin Stevens, The Boat Man

“parts positioned as close together as possible. At a glance, the image looked as if someone had drawn a line through the middle of it in black magic marker, a clear gap separating the two halves. Despite the splice through the middle, the image tattooed onto the skin was clear, a script letter K standing two and a half inches tall, the letters OTB stretched between the two bottom legs. After thirteen years with the force, Reed had seen a fair bit of ink. He had watched”
― Dustin Stevens, The Boat Man

“HERE”
― Dustin Stevens, The Boat Man