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1 " Past the dam the city spread out in a blanket of a million lights, which shimmered in the cool evening air like floating dreams. "
― Michael Connelly , The Overlook (Harry Bosch, #13; Harry Bosch Universe, #17)
2 " He didn’t understand why he always saw people typing feverishly on their phones. He was sure it was some sort of warning, a sign of the decline "
3 " the computers provided by the department were old and slow and most of them carried more viruses than a Hollywood Boulevard hooker. "
4 " How’s the victim doing?” “Victim? "
5 " We are all circling the drain, he thought. Some are closer to the black hole than others. Some will see it coming and some will have no clue when the undertow of the whirlpool grabs them and pulls them down into darkness forever. "
6 " them. He drank "
7 " In the hallway Bosch switched on the air conditioning in the interview room and set it at sixty-four. It would soon cool off in the room and instead of sweating, Mitford would start to get cold, though - coming from Canada - maybe not. After he chilled for a while Bosch would take another run at him and see if anything new came out. He checked his watch. It was almost five a.m. and the case meeting the feds were organizing was not for another four hours. There was a lot to do but he still had some time to work with Mitford. The first round had been productive. There was no reason for him to think there was nothing more to be gained by a second go at it. "
8 " We are all circling the drain, he thought. Some are closer to the black hole than others; "
9 " The gray had not yet chased all of the brown out of his hair but it was getting close to victory. "
10 " The digital world was always billed as a great advancement but he remained skeptical. "
11 " Like many detectives he preferred to use his own laptop because the computers provided by the department were old and slow and most of them carried more viruses than a Hollywood Boulevard hooker. "
