They're Watching Quotes

“I think of heroes as ordinary people who decide to give a damn about what they do, not what they might get.”
― Gregg Hurwitz, They're Watching: A Novel

“Not the smoking. The ritual. Tapping down the pack, my silver lighter, a smoke in the morning, in the car, with a cup of coffee. There was something so soothing about it. Knowing you could count on it. It was always there.” She ground out the cigarette”
― Gregg Hurwitz, They're Watching: A Novel

“They talk about it like it’s all jukebox slow dances and sweaty lovemaking and princess-cut diamonds. But sometimes it’s just your wife sitting frog style on the kitchen floor after a workout, looking for an omelet pan.”
― Gregg Hurwitz, They're Watching: A Novel

“The dream is never the dream. It’s a bunch of compromises and, if you’re lucky, a few decent people now and then.”
― Gregg Hurwitz, They're Watching: A Novel

“Her hand rooted in her purse and produced a roll of Tums. That purse was like the stomach of Jaws—she was always pulling out a pair of sunglasses, a new shade of lipstick, a waffle iron.”
― Gregg Hurwitz, They're Watching: A Novel