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Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1) QUOTES

Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1) QUOTES

1 " Some people find the cravenness to lose entire years of their childhood. They tuck things into their subconscious so that it only eats them away a little at a time, in small, painless bites. "

― Blake Crouch , Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1)

2 " adrenaline-fueled nightmare, which moved so fast I had to hold onto the book with both hands. But underneath all that intensity beat the heart of a damn fine writer. Someone who could turn a phrase, slip in some subtext, make the reader really care. Desert Places will give you nightmares. But it will also move you in ways you didn’t expect. How much do I admire his "

― Blake Crouch , Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1)

3 " It’s funny. I don’t remember forgetting "

― Blake Crouch , Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1)

4 " Greetings. There is a body buried on your property, covered in your blood. The unfortunate young lady’s name is Rita Jones. "

― Blake Crouch , Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1)

5 " I make a phone call, and you spend the rest of your life in prison, possibly death row. "

― Blake Crouch , Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1)

6 " A tenet of stoicism advises to live according to your nature. If you try to be something you aren’t, you’ll self-destruct. "

― Blake Crouch , Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1)

7 " Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler, long I stood and looked down one as far as I could to where it bent in the undergrowth; ‘Then took…as just as fair and having perhaps the better claim because it was grassy and wanted…the passing there had worn them really about the same, ‘And both…in leaves no step had trodden black. "

― Blake Crouch , Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1)

8 " I was aware of the self-deception, but man will do anything to live with himself. "

― Blake Crouch , Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1)

9 " Greetings. There is a body buried on your property, covered in your blood. The unfortunate young lady’s name is Rita Jones. You’ve seen this missing school-teacher’s face on the news, I’m sure. In her jeans pocket you’ll find a slip of paper with a phone number on it. You have one day to call that number. If I have not heard from you by 8:00 P.M. tomorrow (5/17), the Charlotte Police Department will receive an anonymous phone call. I’ll tell them where Rita Jones is buried on Andrew Thomas’s lakefront property, how he killed her, and where the murder weapon can be found in his house. (I do believe a paring knife is missing from your kitchen.) I hope for your sake I don’t have to make that call. I’ve placed a property marker on the grave site. Just walk along the shoreline toward the southern boundary of your property and you’ll find it. I strongly advise against going to the police, as I am always watching you. "

― Blake Crouch , Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1)

10 " Could turn a phrase, slip in some subtext, make the reader really care.   Desert Places will give you nightmares. But it will also move you in ways you didn’t expect.   How much do I admire his work? After I became a fan, I sought Blake out and we’ve worked together on several projects, with more planned for the future. "

― Blake Crouch , Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1)

11 " YOU ARE THE ONLY FLOWER OF MEDITATION IN THE WILDERNESS. "

― Blake Crouch , Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1)

12 " That prick’s still your copyeditor?” “Yep. He’s such a dick. "

― Blake Crouch , Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1)

13 " Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, Paul Chambers, Bill Evans, and Jimmy Cobb playing “All Blues,” a moody, blues form piece in 6/8, off the 1959 album Kind of Blue. "

― Blake Crouch , Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1)

14 " Rampant speculation ignited as the country fell in love with its own fear. "

― Blake Crouch , Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1)

15 " He described a diabolical raspberry-chocolate soufflé, but it was late, "

― Blake Crouch , Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1)

16 " stepped forward into the red darkness, squinting at the corners in the kitchen and the living room, straining to detect the slightest pin drop of sound—a noisy breath or a clamorous heart that pounded like mine. "

― Blake Crouch , Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1)

17 " pantry, another a storage space for gas, bottled water, and a substantial coil of rope. Besides, I’d have heard him banging around in the dark. I walked out of his bedroom. "

― Blake Crouch , Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1)

18 " under the name Jack Kilborn. It’s called Afraid, and I think it’s one of the best pieces of horror fiction to come out in recent memory. HW: Work "

― Blake Crouch , Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1)

19 " bottoms with snowflakes on them. I know, it’s awful. HW: Misconceptions about people who graduated from UNC? BC: That if by "

― Blake Crouch , Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1)

20 " declivitous hillside "

― Blake Crouch , Desert Places (Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite, #1)