Once Quiet Quotes

“Widow was quiet, and then he said, “I wanted to, but one day led to a week later, which led to a month later, and then it was years. See, kid, right now, you’ve got a world out there in front of you, but you also have a timer. Everyone’s got a timer. Barring life’s dangers, you have a lot more left on your timer than most people.” “I know that whole speech about I got my whole life to live.” “You might know that part, but see, what they don’t tell you is that when you get a little older, that timer speeds up and speeds up and before you know it, that timer is racing by. And your mother doesn’t have the timer you got. Your mother doesn’t have as much left on her timer as you have. That means you gotta see her on her timer because one day, the people you love won’t be there anymore. Then you are left alone.”
― Scott Blade, Once Quiet

“A lot of the guys had talked about Kiev. It was a popular destination for men in the armed services. This was long before the unrest with Russia. It was considered a safe place to visit. The attractive factor for guys serving in Germany and around Europe was that Ukraine was cheap and a beautiful country. The city of Kiev had all the modern amenities that the Western man could want, and at bargain prices. Plus, he had discovered that the myth of Ukrainian women all being beautiful wasn’t one hundred percent true, but it was damn close.”
― Scott Blade, Once Quiet

“California is beautiful. So are a lot of places in this world. But without people who love you, they are empty. Trust me.”
― Scott Blade, Once Quiet

“She drove through the town, taking in everything that she saw. It wasn't much.”
― Scott Blade, Once Quiet

“It was a big park for such a small town. It was a big park for such a small town,”
― Scott Blade, Once Quiet

“the panic room”
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“Widow said, “Hey, kid.”
― Scott Blade, Once Quiet

“Widow’s primal brain was never engineered for today’s world, but that was the world he was given.”
― Scott Blade, Once Quiet

“The publication was so small that even the website looked like it was a dying newspaper.”
― Scott Blade, Once Quiet

“How do you know that? You one of them believers in sociology?” “You’re not?”
― Scott Blade, Once Quiet

“Hogan said, “Look, I’m showing you trust. I didn’t ask for your ID. I believed you about your name. You know, here, you’re required to carry an ID? If I asked you for one, and you couldn’t produce it, then I’d have grounds to arrest you.”
― Scott Blade, Once Quiet

“I have no idea. I doubt it, though. I’ve been to Canada before. It’s a beautiful country. But no reason to go back. Then again, no reason not to go back. It all depends.”
― Scott Blade, Once Quiet

“He said it, and then he had felt completely stupid. But that’s what happens when your social skills are a little less than adequate.”
― Scott Blade, Once Quiet

“There wasn’t much Widow could do for the guy if he stuck around. So, he didn’t.”
― Scott Blade, Once Quiet

“That was a part of selling the kind of products that he sold because men of integrity tended to be in other industries, not his.”
― Scott Blade, Once Quiet