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Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10) QUOTES

Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10) QUOTES

1 " Ray comes out a few seconds later, wiping his hands on a small towel. He’s in a white shirt and tan pants. In good shape. He’s sandy haired and wearing Buddy Holly glasses. Ray could be a computer programmer or an ad writer. Whatever he does for a living, he doesn’t look like any brujo I’ve ever seen. He puts out his hand as he comes in. “Hi. I’m Ray,” he says. We shake. “I’m Stark.” He walks back to stand by Carlos. "

― Richard Kadrey , Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

2 " I guess I don’t have a choice.” “Of course you have a choice,” she says. “They’re just not very good choices. "

― Richard Kadrey , Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

3 " Of course, aside from fear, the God business runs on sentimentality. That’s the only explanation. Unless it’s a real estate scam. "

― Richard Kadrey , Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

4 " That's how you know someone likes you. Anyone can give you chocolate and flowers, but when they'll disembowel someone for you? That's true love. "

― Richard Kadrey , Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

5 " I never liked Michael, and since he tried to kill me, I like him even less. "

― Richard Kadrey , Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

6 " And you’re going to do that all by yourself?” “If I pray real hard, I’m sure I can get the baby Jesus to watch over me.” “You just blew up a church,” says Candy. “Okay. The Devil then.” “That’s more like it. "

― Richard Kadrey , Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

7 " There’s dead and there’s Hollywood dead, and those are two very different things. Dead is just dead. In the ground. Pennies on your eyes. A cold slab of meat with no slaw and definitely no dessert. "

― Richard Kadrey , Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

8 " How will you do it?” says Sinclair. “I’ll know when I see the setup, but I imagine I’ll basically just kill them all and take their stuff. Is that okay with everyone?” Sandoval says, “It’s fine with me.” “Me too,” says Sinclair. Howard just grunts. "

― Richard Kadrey , Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

9 " No. You open it.” “You think I put a bomb in there? Maybe snakes? Maybe a snake bomb? "

― Richard Kadrey , Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

10 " Sandoval screws up her lips in a sour expression like she just licked the bottom of a bus station chair. "

― Richard Kadrey , Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

11 " I've been me for so long, what am I going to be if that's gone? "

― Richard Kadrey , Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

12 " That's it, fuckers. I've saved your dumb asses more than once. Let me choke you a little as I vanish into the sky. "

― Richard Kadrey , Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

13 " It means the faction found us.” He looks around again. “How?” “How the fuck do I know? Spy satellites? Facial recognition pigeons on the freeway signs? Ballerinas with Uzis? What does it matter? Just hit the fucking accelerator. "

― Richard Kadrey , Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

14 " don’t tell me who to kill and when. It unsettles my tranquil disposition. "

― Richard Kadrey , Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

15 " Are we in danger?” he says. “It depends on what you mean by ‘we.’” “Am I in danger?” “That’s the first smart thing anyone’s said to me today. And, yes, you really are. So do what I tell you. "

― Richard Kadrey , Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

16 " Cops are generally color-blind when it comes to brown cars, and this Subaru is too boring for even a soccer mom. It looks like it was made for people into competitive tire filling. "

― Richard Kadrey , Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

17 " I wonder if this is one of those things they call a “teachable moment.” What it’s supposed to teach me, I have no idea. "

― Richard Kadrey , Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

18 " Anyway, there’s nothing at all humiliating about clutching ten pounds of ice like your firstborn while the damn bag leaks all over your crotch so it looks like you pissed yourself with joy. I crack open another beer to celebrate fatherhood and keep reminding myself that I’m doing this for Candy. "

― Richard Kadrey , Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

19 " And if I do live, I don’t know if my body is ever going to be right again. I mean, even if I figure out what Ludovico’s Ellicit is and get cured, I might look like Freddy Krueger’s foreskin forever. "

― Richard Kadrey , Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)

20 " What do you want me to do?” says Kasabian. “I don’t think Howard can get out of the bedroom, but if he does . . .” “I know. Punch him in the balls.” “You got it. "

― Richard Kadrey , Hollywood Dead (Sandman Slim, #10)