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1 " Bosch counted twenty-two names and it made him miss the old Los Angeles Times. In 1993 it was big and strong, its editions fat with ads and stories produced by a staff of some of the best and brightest journalists in their field. Now the paper looked like somebody who had been through chemo—thin, unsteady, and knowing the inevitable could only be held off for so long. "
― Michael Connelly , The Burning Room (Harry Bosch, #17; Harry Bosch Universe, #26)
2 " Shouldn’t death be the relief from the tortures of life? "
3 " It had been one of the biggest landgrabs in the city’s history and Bosch knew the story well, having tried all his life to counter his love of baseball and the Dodgers with the ugly story buried beneath the diamond where, as a boy, he watched Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale pitch. It seemed to him that every gleaming success in the city had a dark seam to it somewhere, usually just out of view. "
4 " The good ones all had that hollow space inside. The empty place where the fire always burns. For something. Call it justice. Call it the need to know. Call it the need to believe that those who are evil will not remain hidden in darkness forever. "
5 " Because it’s a hot door and we have to be careful. You never open a door on a burning room. "
6 " told her to clean up all the empty shells so they could recycle them. He said he’d wait for her in the "
7 " For Bosch such cynical thoughts came easily. He had been around the block a few times. "
8 " Better hope so,” she said. "
9 " The song was “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” and she produced a sound from the horn that no human voice could ever touch. It was plaintive and sad but it came with an undeniable wave of underlying hope. It made Bosch think that there was still a chance for him, that he could still find whatever it was he was looking for, no matter how short his time was. "
10 " Bosch always thought that if you started with the assumption that murder is an unreasonable action, then how could there ever be a fully reasonable explanation for it? It was that understanding that kept him from watching and being able to enjoy films and television shows about detectives. He found them unrealistic in their delivery of what the general audience wanted: all of the answers. "
11 " pretty name that never "
12 " Little Peter’s,” Soto said. "
13 " stopped at his partner’s desk. Soto’s "
14 " continued to perform as Los Reyes Jalisco. "
15 " keep things moving but she was missing in action. He didn’t want to call her cell in case she was still in session with Dr. Hinojos, "
16 " No, maybe you should start. I have my meeting at "
17 " the cop-friendly Sherma Barthlett as the on-call "
18 " charge for the Times—thanks to Bosch "
19 " Anything else I should know, "
20 " batches of samples collected from "
