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1 " From long experience she knew that she wore her loneliness like armor. Very few people ever recognized it for what it was. To the casual observer it looked very much like arrogance. Sometimes it was. "
― Nevada Barr , Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon, #1)
2 " Trying to second-guess lunatics, drunks, or the Office of Personnel Management was an exercise in frustration. The logic totally eluded her. "
3 " With the Regional Office breathing down her neck... Corinne had wanted to keep the Drury case low-key, uncontroversial. since Craig's disappearance had set he alarm bells off, Anna was willing to be she'd change tactics, make a noisy show of taking command of the situation. For a while the name of the game at Guadalupe Mountains would be Cover Your Ass. "
4 " Bureaucrats -- monkeys who hear no evil and see no evil -- are first in line for promotion. "
5 " when she was a young woman she valued intelligence over all other human attributes. Now that she was older she valued kindness. "
6 " ...she couldn't decide which was worse: pending alcoholism, or remorseless unrelenting sobriety of the rest of her days. "
7 " By the time they reached the Queens Highway turnoff, Anna found she liked Sheila more in memoriam that she would’ve guessed. "
8 " Take my professional word for it: everybody's got ten good reasons to do away with everybody else. It's just nobody knows how. "
9 " It ain't gonna happen. You get a lot to learn about ranchers. We defend what's ours. From varmints and the goddam Park Service. "
10 " A little wine is good for the soul.A lot is better. "
11 " As a Park Ranger I will protect and serve you...But we'll never be friends. Is that going to be a problem?The tarantula stopped, its front pair of legs feeling the air. "
12 " A little wine is good for the soul.” “A lot is better. "
13 " Now, finally, the earth was hers with no taint of Heaven. "
14 " everybody’s got ten good reasons to do away with everybody else. It’s just nobody knows how. Do ‘how. "
15 " It crossed her mind to take the pledge, go on the wagon, but she couldn’t decide which was worse: pending alcoholism, or remorseless unrelenting sobriety of the rest of her days. "
