In the Heart of the Fire Quotes

“Flying across the faces of the buildings, the shadows resemble dragons, as if Texas has gone Tolkien.”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog Named Trixie”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“There’s maybe ten places in the country where free speech still works, but this isn’t one of them.”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“heads east, from which every tomorrow always comes.”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“Just then he gets a text message from Ace of Diamonds with a destination. He”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“a trusted knight deliver a guerdon, a bag of gold coins.”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“In days of old, a good king might reward one of his subjects for courage and service to the crown by having a trusted knight deliver a guerdon, a bag of gold coins.”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“The curtains of the past part, and he sees what has been; the mists of the future clear, and he sees an event yet to occur.”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“His clairvoyance is time travel achieved without leaving the present”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“There’s not the slightest blemish on his reputation. He’s an enlightened progressive lawman”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“Two lawmen, one also a teacher. What’s happening to the world, Mr. Shepherd? Is it all falling apart?”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“Part-time deputy. You know his main job?” “Yes. He teaches sixth grade at Worstead Elementary.”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“That’s Harold Carlisle. Part-time deputy.” “Yes.”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“Jennifer Demeter lives in a modest stucco house on two acres south of the town limits.”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“enigma”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“because we are made of memories.”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“psychologists would argue that a man stripped of his past must be an emotional cripple,”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“He puts the pouch with forty thousand dollars in the trunk,”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“it contains a zippered pouch holding forty thousand dollars in hundreds and twenties.”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“pistol holstered, he pulls on his sport coat and drops a spare magazine in one pocket, the radio-wave jammer in another.”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“The pistol is a Springfield Armory TRP-Pro .45ACP. Five-inch barrel. Seven-round magazine. A sound suppressor.”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“bag also contains a Galco shoulder system for a pistol. The fit is tight but comfortable.”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“He doesn’t know who pays for what he needs.”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“smartphone with functions specific to this mission, and a radio-wave jammer.”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“In a nightstand drawer are a car key labeled with a license plate number,”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“all goes well, he will be done with the job before the day ends, and then be on his way.”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“They were removed with the application of a series of lightly applied acids and CO2 laser treatments”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“He doesn’t wear gloves and won’t bother to wipe down any surfaces prior to leaving, for he has no fingerprints. They were removed with the application of a series of lightly applied acids and CO2 laser treatments”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“he has no fingerprints.”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire

“He doesn’t wear gloves and won’t bother to wipe down any surfaces prior to leaving, for”
― Dean Koontz, In the Heart of the Fire