Where There’s Smoke Quotes

“And what had begun as never had become first simply an unwise improbability, then an unlikely possibility, then a possible eventuality, and now…”
― Cole McCade, Where There’s Smoke

“Malcolm let himself go and followed Seong-Jae into the dark, no matter how deep or how far he fell, no matter what depths of destructive, ripping pleasure he sought. Always, always he would follow Seong-Jae. Even if he led Malcolm into ruin.”
― Cole McCade, Where There’s Smoke

“But for all that my ex-husband is remarkably indirect…he is also remarkably in love with you, Detective Yoon.”
― Cole McCade, Where There’s Smoke

“Because sometimes, Seong-Jae just made him want to pull him close and bite just to see how he tasted when he was so, so very flustered.”
― Cole McCade, Where There’s Smoke

“Because right now I am dreading finding the body of a girl who never should have had to die, and I’ll take any reason I can to smile and remember how to breathe when that’s going to hurt like fuck.” He glanced at Seong-Jae as he killed the engine. “You’re a good enough reason.”
― Cole McCade, Where There’s Smoke

“SEONG-JAE PROPPED HIS ELBOW AGAINST the base of the car window, stared out over the late night city, and pointedly avoided looking at, acknowledging, or even thinking about Malcolm Khalaji. Not exactly an easy thing to do when barely a foot and a half of space separated them in the Camaro, but damn it he was trying. He had been trying all week. Unfortunately “trying” was not synonymous with “succeeding,” and at the moment his failure rate was rather high.”
― Cole McCade, Where There’s Smoke

“Whether we like it or not…we’re the enemy, Seong-Jae. And he has no reason to believe we’re not. We are the bad guys in his story. Us. We’re the ones people fear, in the darkness of night. Just because you and I do the right thing doesn’t change what we represent. People hate us. They’re afraid of us, and they’re right to be.”
― Cole McCade, Where There’s Smoke

“Push a button, and people respond the way they’re conditioned. Even conscious selection is a matter of programming feeding in a specific input to determine a particular output.”
― Cole McCade, Where There’s Smoke