Blood's a Rover Quotes

“Our shared world is humanly unquantifiable and ideologically confused. Which one of them is capable of implementing the most recognizable harm or good? ”
― James Ellroy, Blood's a Rover

“Scripture-pure veracity and scandal-rag content. That conjunction gives it its sizzle. You carry the seed of belief within you already. You recall the time this narrative captures and sense conspiracy. I am here to tell you that it is all true and not at all what you think. You will read with some reluctance and capitulate in the end. The following pages will force you to succumb. I am going to tell you everything.”
― James Ellroy, Blood's a Rover

“Big D. November '63. He was there that Big Weekend. He caught the Big Moment and took this Big Ride.

He was a sergeant on Vegas PD. He was married. He had a chemistry degree. His father was a big Mormon fat cat. Wayne Senior was jungled up all over the nut Right. He did Klan ops for Mr. Hoover and Dwight Holly. He pushed high-line hate tracts. He rode the far-Right zeitgeist and stayed in the know. He knew about the JFK hit. It was multi-faction: Cuban exiles, rogue CIA, mob. Senior bought Junior a ticket to ride.

Extradition job with one caveat: kill the extraditee.”
― James Ellroy, Blood's a Rover

“Por la Causa. Be brazen, be bold.”
― James Ellroy, Blood's A Rover

“Post hoc, propter ergo hoc. After this, because of this.”
― James Ellroy, Blood's A Rover

“Take note of what you are seeking, for it is seeking you.”
― James Ellroy, Blood's A Rover

“Joan took his face in her hands.
The dizziness faded out. He felt his body again. Her hands steadied him.
Joan said, "What do you want?"
Dwight said, "I want to fall. And I want you to catch me on the way down.”
― James Ellroy, Blood's a Rover