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The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2) QUOTES

The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2) QUOTES

1 " So the criminals win, that's what you're saying? For now they do. But it's a long game, Jamison. And I always play for the long game. "

― David Baldacci , The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

2 " His jumpsuit was white, and on the back were the letters D and R printed in black. They stood for “death row”. Mars had equated it to a snake’s rattle, warning folks to stay the hell away. "

― David Baldacci , The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

3 " Decker blinked awake and sat up in his bed. He looked around, for a few moments unsure of where he was. Virginia. Quantico. The FBI gig. Right. He got up and padded to the bathroom. After that he walked into the kitchen and looked out the window. It was still well dark. He slid out the coffeepot with the intent to make and drink a pot while he went over case notes. Then he looked down at his massive gut and the slight wheezing apparently caused by merely getting out of bed and taking a leak, and sighed. “Shit,” he muttered. "

― David Baldacci , The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

4 " The prisoners had also turned to look at Mars. Those doing push-ups and pull-ups stopped. They wiped off their hands and moved back against the wall. And waited. Their expressions were clear. Thank God it’s not me. The news had spread fast. Mars might be getting out after nearly being put to death. "

― David Baldacci , The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

5 " You know people who read are a lot more tolerant and open-minded than those who don’t.” “Great, "

― David Baldacci , The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

6 " Montgomery dude said he killed my parents. "

― David Baldacci , The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

7 " He filled a bowl with cereal that looked like twigs a squirrel had pooped out. "

― David Baldacci , The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

8 " box. I’m sure of that. "

― David Baldacci , The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

9 " posting will be at the unemployment office.” “I don’t think "

― David Baldacci , The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

10 " lugar, "

― David Baldacci , The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

11 " town. "

― David Baldacci , The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

12 " there?” When "

― David Baldacci , The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

13 " 45 H "

― David Baldacci , The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

14 " He would have been forty-two years old in two months. His forty-first had been his very last birthday, as it turned out. "

― David Baldacci , The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

15 " Decker looked behind him. 'That's nice.'

'What?' said Mars, looking too.

'Where the NAACP office was they built a public library. You know people who read are a lot more tolerant and open-minded than those who don't.'

'Great, so let's get everybody in the world a library card. "

― David Baldacci , The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

16 " human beings, for better or worse, were undeniably social creatures. Without interaction they went mad. "

― David Baldacci , The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

17 " Well, that’s way above my pay grade "

― David Baldacci , The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)

18 " Time did not heal wounds for him. Not for someone who could never forget. Their murders were as fresh now as when they occurred. Not just the visuals, but also the emotional hatchet attached to the mental images. They would be until the day he died. "

― David Baldacci , The Last Mile (Amos Decker, #2)