The Guilty Dead Quotes

“I don’t eat animals.” “What’s the problem with eating animals? Animals don’t have problems eating other animals. You ever have a cat? Those suckers are the sweetest, most adorable little bloodthirsty killers in the world.”
― P.J. Tracy, The Guilty Dead

“So what are the chances your ideas are going to fly?” Dahl bowed his head and rubbed his eyes. “Truthfully? Slim to none. I’ve come to realize that government bureaucracy is a quagmire mostly inhabited by people with no imagination or ambition beyond their own personal enrichment, so nothing substantive ever gets done. But if something gets presented that looks like it might solve some problems for them, and help their careers and their paychecks, the wheels can move. It’s all about the packaging.”
― P.J. Tracy, The Guilty Dead

“Magozzi did so, and they both listened to the media soundbite, delivered by a young male anchor just cutting his very white teeth on the early-morning news. His delivery was robotic, but he’d figure out the teleprompter after some more air time, learn to construct a believable façade of genuine feeling. Sociopaths were able to learn that skill, too, and if they could do it, this kid could.”
― P.J. Tracy, The Guilty Dead

“Rough night on the town?” “Yeah. Angela and I took the kids to a grandstand show at the State Fair. I spent two hundred bucks on deep-fried food, visited a walk-in cooler to look at a bunch of sculptures carved out of butter, then capped off the night listening to some pre-pubescent boy band whine about girl problems they can’t even begin to imagine yet. Five hours after the show was over, we finally got out of the parking lot.” “And you had the time of your life.” Gino got a goofy look on his face, just like he always did when his family was the topic of conversation. “Pretty much.”
― P.J. Tracy, The Guilty Dead