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41 " I educated myself, discovered my gift for language, learned that the larger world lay not across oceans but within the human mind and heart. "
― Greg Iles , The Quiet Game (Penn Cage #1)
42 " There’s no meaning to be found in tragedy. Only in our response to it. "
― Greg Iles , Cemetery Road
43 " If I cannot change what I had for lunch yesterday, I certainly cannot unmake a marriage, erase the betrayal of a friend, or board a ship that left port twenty years ago. "
44 " Our actions have consequences that last long after us, entwining the present with the future in ways we cannot begin to understand. I have resolved a simple thing: I will do those things which make me happy today, and which I can also live with ten years from now. "
45 " learned a long time ago, if you’re going to wait for this world to be fair, you’re going to be waiting in the grave. "
― Greg Iles , The Bone Tree (Penn Cage #5)
46 " Люди наделяются физической красотой в результате игры слепого случая. Это дар, который дается не за какие-то заслуги, а просто так. Тут абсолютно нечем гордиться. "
― Greg Iles , Dead Sleep
47 " The past is never dead. It's not even past; if it were there would be no grief or sorrow. "
― Greg Iles , Natchez Burning (Penn Cage, #4)
48 " You yourself are guilty of a crime when you do not punish crime. "
49 " A man lives morally all his life, then in one weak moment commits an act that damns him in his own eyes and threatens his liberty, even his life. "
50 " When you start talking to yourself in a graveyard, it’s time to go home. "
― Greg Iles , Turning Angel (Penn Cage #2)
51 " Men fantasize about wanton women, but when they meet one, they’re paralyzed by fear. "
― Greg Iles , Mortal Fear
52 " because the beautiful way he speaks in public is just another cloak he wears to hide what lies beneath his skin, "
― Greg Iles , The Devil's Punchbowl (Penn Cage #3)
53 " Broad is the gate that leads to destruction, but narrow the way that leads to salvation. . . . "
54 " The female memory defies explanation. "
55 " learned that the larger world lay not across oceans but within the human mind and heart. "
56 " As I turned toward it, a premonitory wave of heat flashed across my neck and shoulders, and I felt the dry itch of the past rubbing against the present. "
57 " Because I expected so little, Gaines's painting is startlingly powerul. A lank-haired blond woman with a hard face sits at akitchen table in the harsh light of a bare bulb. She's surrounded by dirty cereal bowls and fast-food bags, and her shirt is open to the waist, revealing small sagging breasts. Her hollow eyes look out from the canvas with the sullen resignation of an animal that has helped build its own cage. "
58 " There’s no universal tally of good and evil, balancing right and wrong. The Christians with their God-has-a-plan fantasy, the Hindus with their karmic balance . . . it’s all wishful thinking. Primitive religious impulse. Linus’s damned security blanket. "
59 " A man walks the straight and narrow all his life; he follows the rules, stays within the lines; then one day he makes a misstep. He crosses a line and sets in motion a chain of events that will take from him everything he has and damn him forever in the eyes of those he loves. "
60 " To all those adults who return home to repay the debt of childhood, and find they never really left. Listen while you still can. "