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Savage Run (Joe Pickett, #2) QUOTES

Savage Run (Joe Pickett, #2) QUOTES

1 " ...As Joe walked back to them, he heard the cow elk gurgle and settle into the grass on top of her calf.

"This is what wolves do," Joe said, his voice calm, a betrayal of what he felt. "I'm not saying they shouldn't be here, but this is what they do. They're wolves. I know it sounds real nice to say they're magical and beautiful and they balance nature and restore an ecosystem--and it's true, they do that. But this is how they do it. They go after the weakest first. When the mother stays back, the wolves open a hole in her belly and pull out her entrails. Then they wait until she doesn't have the strength to protect herself, then they'll move in and tear her throat out. "

― C.J. Box , Savage Run (Joe Pickett, #2)

2 " On the third day of their honeymoon, infamous environmental activist Stewie Woods and his new bride, Annabel Bellotti, were spiking trees in the forest when a cow exploded and blew them up. Until then, their marriage had been happy. "

― C.J. Box , Savage Run (Joe Pickett, #2)

3 " Like most men, he had a tough time believing that his wife had had any kind of interesting life before she met him. Which was ridiculous on its face. "

― C.J. Box , Savage Run (Joe Pickett, #2)

4 " swear if I get home I’ll go to church,” Britney promised. “I don’t know which church yet. It needs to be spiritual, and healing, and forgiving. And without a lot of that religious baggage so many churches seem to have nowadays.” Joe’s "

― C.J. Box , Savage Run (Joe Pickett, #2)

5 " perspective. Related biologically to goats, not antelope (despite their name), pronghorn were uniquely evolved to survive and prosper in "

― C.J. Box , Savage Run (Joe Pickett, #2)

6 " Why did you blow in his nose like that?” he asked. “Horses in the herd do that to each other to show affection. "

― C.J. Box , Savage Run (Joe Pickett, #2)

7 " poleaxed with exuberance. Keeping to dirt roads, "

― C.J. Box , Savage Run (Joe Pickett, #2)

8 " those losses were the result of wild game, such as elk herds eating haystacks meant "

― C.J. Box , Savage Run (Joe Pickett, #2)

9 " Palo Alto, California. "

― C.J. Box , Savage Run (Joe Pickett, #2)

10 " rotary-dial telephone "

― C.J. Box , Savage Run (Joe Pickett, #2)