A Longer Fall Quotes

“I collapsed onto the bench by the table and strained hard to keep myself together. I worked and worked at it, and I did it.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“We were low on money, and that worried me along with about ten other things.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“What are you made of?" Simon asked, all suspicion.

"I'm made of pissed-off and real-tired-of-you," I said.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“I cleaned my guns and my rifle, with Eli watching closely,”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“They will hide you if I ask them to. I grew up here. And they appreciate that I'm real accurate with a gun.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“I try to learn from my mistakes.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“We were low on money, and that worried along with about ten other things.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“You never could tell with bears. Sometimes they did their best to get away from your area. Sometimes they charged.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“Had the guns all ready of course, and they were fully loaded. I always checked that first thing in the morning, if I hadn't remembered to do it last thing at night.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“I hoped that would last, but I wasn't putting money down one way or another.

It was beyond my responsibility, and I was glad of that.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“Inside, I said, *If he doesn't live, I'll kill you all.* If I told her that out loud, she might not be more skillful, but she would sure be more shaky.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“I fired before he could. And I fired more accurately.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“I guess we'd better kneel,' I muttered, and down we went. On the gravel driveway, this was not comfortable.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“I didn't know whether to slap him or hug him, so I didn't do either.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“I shot her through the forehead.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“Maybe fear is a joint lubricant.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“This man had been a real person before he'd been a saint. He'd been a killer, like me.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“I realized I was gasping for air, and made myself still my breathing.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“In Texoma, we used everything until it broke. When it broke, we used the parts.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“The gator came after me for a little bit, and I found I could run even faster.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“She was somewhere beyond bitter, into the real biblical zone.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“Some were real big and fancy, some were shacks, some were degrees in between.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“These people knew that white people in their part of town couldn't mean anything good.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“It was nice jewelry. Not showy, but not fake.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“I wondered if I could find the occasion to kill them all. The world would be a better place.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“It wasn't especially comfortable, but all I felt was good. I was so glad to be doing something I understood.

The familiar weight of the guns in my belt, the welcome comfort of my jeans...though a skirt would have been cooler, I was delighted to be back in my own gear.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“I didn't want to start this venture unless there was a real chance of success. No point in risking death for nothing”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“That doesn't make any sense.'

'Lot of that going around.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“I loved Eli's sense of honor, but I also loved common sense.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall

“The next instant I slid right up to Felix, my knife to his dick.

"Anything else you want to say?" I whispered.”
― Charlaine Harris, A Longer Fall