The Silent Hour Quotes

“Keep your voice down, man. People in this neighborhood hear Pittsburgh, they turn violent. It’s the home of the Steelers, you know.”
― Michael Koryta, The Silent Hour

“While the Italian mob’s heyday in Cleveland was during the sixties and seventies, Youngstown remained an epicenter for decades longer, featuring constant FBI attention as well as the occasional car bombing or sniper takedown of a major player. During one attempt to pay off the town’s mayor, a priest was involved as a money handler. Ties run deep in Youngstown,”
― Michael Koryta, The Silent Hour

“Pride and joy of Crime Town, USA.” It was an old nickname, went back almost fifty years, but people still attached it to Youngstown, a gritty factory town an hour from Cleveland.”
― Michael Koryta, The Silent Hour