The Bitterroots Quotes

“Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment. —Nietzsche, Ecce Homo”
― C.J. Box, The Bitterroots

“I’m not the one to ask. When he comes in for his martini I serve it to him. He doesn’t talk to me a lot and I have no idea where he lives.” “Would the man at the bar know?” The waitress looked over at the bearded man. “Yeah,” she said. “Frank might know where he lives.” “Thank you.” “No problem,” the waitress said. She’d been helpful, although Cassie always bristled when a service employee said “no problem” instead of “you’re welcome.” But it was a thing these days, she recognized.”
― C.J. Box, The Bitterroots

“There are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. —Ivan Illich, Tools for Conviviality”
― C.J. Box, The Bitterroots

“Envy slays itself by its own arrows. —The Greek Anthology, X 111”
― C.J. Box, The Bitterroots

“There are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.”
― C.J. Box, The Bitterroots

“could.”
― C.J. Box, The Bitterroots

“off”
― C.J. Box, The Bitterroots

“I’m here to pay my respects to the Kleinsasser family,” Cassie said after a beat. “It’s over, John Wayne. I know everything.” His face twitched. The color drained out of it. “What in the hell are you talking about?” he asked. “I know about your mine,” she said. “I know how you framed Blake. I know enough to put you into Deer Lodge prison for a very long time.”
― C.J. Box, The Bitterroots

“Pickett”
― C.J. Box, The Bitterroots