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The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1) QUOTES

The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1) QUOTES

1 " I get through some print. "

― Ken Bruen , The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1)

2 " It’s said the difference between one friend and none is infinity. "

― Ken Bruen , The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1)

3 " I've always been a reader; no matter what else I've lost, I hung on to that. "

― Ken Bruen , The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1)

4 " time doesn’t pass. We pass. "

― Ken Bruen , The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1)

5 " There’s always been books. All my bedraggled life, they’ve been the only constant. Even Sutton, my closest friend, had exclaimed, “What’s with the fucking reading, man? You used to be a guard, for christsakes.” Which is Irish logic at its finest. I’d said to him then and umpteen times since, “Reading transports me. "

― Ken Bruen , The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1)

6 " I don’t do sun. I’m delighted with the lack of rain and anything over is over-indulgence. I don’t trust it. Makes you yearn. For things that cannot last. "

― Ken Bruen , The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1)

7 " Existence is sometimes what a forward artillery observer sees of enemy lines through field glasses. A distant and troubling view brought suddenly into focus with a wealth of obscene detail. It "

― Ken Bruen , The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1)

8 " It’s always the same. When you come out of it and take a look around, the sight of wounds that you have left on the people who care for you makes you wince more than those you have inflicted on yourself. Though I am devoid of regret or remorse for almost anything I have done, if there is a corner for these feelings then it lies with that awareness. It should be enough to stop you from ever going back down there, but it seldom is. Anthony Loyd, My War Gone By, I Miss It So. "

― Ken Bruen , The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1)

9 " Friday night, I resolved to have a quiet time. Two pints and a chips carry-home. Alas, the pints got away from me and I hit the top shelf. "

― Ken Bruen , The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1)

10 " A GALWAY LAMENT You watched—through April from a place of forbearance … called fortitude. "

― Ken Bruen , The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1)

11 " Dead children do not give us memories, they give us dreams.” Thomas Lynch, The Undertaking   I "

― Ken Bruen , The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1)

12 " Bir süre suya baktı.
"Sevişmek ister misin?
"Ne?"
"Beni duydun."
"Kaç yaşındasın sen, on dokuz mu?"
"İş için para ödeyecek misin?"
"Yakında."
"Öyleyse en azından sevişelim. "

― Ken Bruen , The Guards (Jack Taylor, #1)