The Gray and Guilty Sea (Garrison Gage, #1) QUOTES

1 " Most scholars believe he wasn't talking about God personified, but instead about the shared cultural belief in God, something that bound people together until the Enlightenment. He was mostly concerned that that shared belief helped create a moral foundation for mankind, and without it, something would have to take its place or man's worst nature would run rampant "

― Scott William Carter , The Gray and Guilty Sea (Garrison Gage, #1)

3 " After the body was carted away, the bloodstains on his linoleum looked like an abstract painting by Jackson Pollock. "

― Scott William Carter , The Gray and Guilty Sea (Garrison Gage, #1)

5 " The swath of fiery orange along the horizon was like a crack in a potter's kiln. "

― Scott William Carter , The Gray and Guilty Sea (Garrison Gage, #1)

7 " enough, "

― Scott William Carter , The Gray and Guilty Sea (Garrison Gage, #1)

9 " the idea I'm lesbo or nothing," she explained. "I just ain't ever gotten around to taking 'em down. Willie passed two years ago—shot himself with that Smith and Wesson right there." She nodded to the case mounted on the wall. "I'm sorry to hear that. "

― Scott William Carter , The Gray and Guilty Sea (Garrison Gage, #1)

11 " Sex appeal was confidence and mystery and allure, none of which had anything to do with clothing—or the lack of it. The "

― Scott William Carter , The Gray and Guilty Sea (Garrison Gage, #1)

13 " This was a woman who had been hurt, and she wore her grins and her smirks and all her witty remarks as an armor that kept people from seeing the bruises. "

― Scott William Carter , The Gray and Guilty Sea (Garrison Gage, #1)

15 " rude. She tells me she acts that way 'cause she's a nihilist. "

― Scott William Carter , The Gray and Guilty Sea (Garrison Gage, #1)

17 " doing it all along. The Bugle's modest headquarters was a one-room "

― Scott William Carter , The Gray and Guilty Sea (Garrison Gage, #1)