Hell Bay Quotes

“Sometimes it seems to me that history should be divided, not into B.C. and A.D. but into before the gun was invented and after. It was the greatest change in history. The sword, the dagger, one has a fighting chance, and skill came into the equation. Now anyone, man, woman, or even child, can walk into a room with a loaded gun, tug on a little twist of metal, and open a giant hole in another human being.”
― Will Thomas, Hell Bay

“I could smell the sharp tang of sea air, which always sounds better than it really is, a mixture of salt, seaweed, and dead fish.”
― Will Thomas, Hell Bay

“There are no duties too humble for anyone when a crisis occurs.”
― Will Thomas, Hell Bay

“Dickensian squalor,” I piped up. “That is an almost romantic literary euphemism”
― Will Thomas, Hell Bay

“one could make out the features of the so-called man in the moon. I know that scientists claim they are merely mountain ranges on that far-off sphere, but I liked to think of the benevolent or at least benign fellow who watches over us every night.”
― Will Thomas, Hell Bay

“I don’t care for security work. It is much easier to track a killer that has killed already than to protect someone from any number of attacks.”
― Will Thomas, Hell Bay

“You know, at home in Newington, Mac works all day to keep the house spotlessly clean. The gardeners work outside to bring the entire garden to near perfection. But it’s all an illusion. It’s artificial. All life is disorganized.”
― Will Thomas, Hell Bay