Land of Wolves Quotes

“The idiot actually leaned in. “I said, do you know who the fuck I am?” Henry peered at him and actually looked concerned. “Do you not know who you are?”
― Craig Johnson, Land of Wolves

“It is difficult to confront madness, because insanity is a stranger to reason and any reasonable response would be insane.”
― Craig Johnson, Land of Wolves

“It is difficult to confrontmadness, because insanity is a stranger to reason and any reasonable response would be insane.”
― Craig Johnson, Land of Wolves

“In my culture, animals are celebrated as beautiful, mysterious, powerful, dangerous, and benevolent. There was a period, before we lost the ability to listen, when the animals took pity on us, protected and taught us to the point where they became human in times of need. (Henry Standing Bear)”
― Craig Johnson, Land of Wolves

“He's dead, Walt. Like you always say, 'Buried in a shallow grave and shit off a cliff by a coyote.”
― Craig Johnson, Land of Wolves

“is difficult to confront madness, because insanity is a stranger to reason and any reasonable response would be insane.”
― Craig Johnson, Land of Wolves

“Here’s where the hierarchy comes into play—we’re the alphas, the ones that fight for decency and the common good.” “Think we’re winning?” “That’s not important, the important part is the fighting. I can’t believe I’m giving this pep talk to you. I don’t know much, but I know you’ve got to stand for something in this life—you have to fight for something. Some people go their whole lives without standing up or against something that’s wrong. I don’t know about you . . . Actually, I do. We don’t want to be those people, so that means we play by the rules, fight the fights, and take the shots.”
― Craig Johnson, Land of Wolves

“What’s a modem do?” “Nobody knows what a modem does—they’re just magic and then the computer works.”
― Craig Johnson, Land of Wolves

“You know the difference between firefighters and Boy Scouts?” “What?” “Boy Scouts have adult supervision.”
― Craig Johnson, Land of Wolves

“and then watched as he moved up the bank. He turned and looked back at me. “There’s a tendency in our society to romanticize the exploits of outlaws and gangsters, an insistence that they’re Robin Hood–type characters, that they have more in common with us than the people whom we hire to protect us and enforce our laws. I don’t buy that. I think that when you pick up a gun and use it to take things away from people, it doesn’t matter how clever or charming you are—you’re just a thief, plain and simple.”
― Craig Johnson, Land of Wolves

“There’s a tendency in our society to romanticize the exploits of outlaws and gangsters, an insistence that they’re Robin Hood–type characters, that they have more in common with us than the people whom we hire to protect us and enforce our laws. I don’t buy that. I think that when you pick up a gun and use it to take things away from people, it doesn’t matter how clever or charming you are—you’re just a thief, plain and simple.”
― Craig Johnson, Land of Wolves

“I haven’t figured out how to turn it on, but when I do I’m going to be hell on wheels.”
― Craig Johnson, Land of Wolves

“We can’t risk moving him, he’s an eyelash from being dead.” Leaning into her, I gave out with the old ER saying, “They’re not dead until they’re warm and dead.”
― Craig Johnson, Land of Wolves

“Fishing—precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge.” “I know what fishing is.” I took a sip of”
― Craig Johnson, Land of Wolves

“You can now say the word shit on television.” “Even broadcast television?” “There is no more broadcast television, Boss.” I thought about the TV set back at my cabin that I hadn’t turned on in a long while. “I wondered why mine had stopped working.”
― Craig Johnson, Land of Wolves