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The Wreckage (Joseph O'Loughlin, #5) QUOTES

The Wreckage (Joseph O'Loughlin, #5) QUOTES

1 " Although reality can sometimes corrupt the fairy tale and alter our ambitions, some things remain unalterable. From the richest to the poorest, we start and end with family. "

― Michael Robotham , The Wreckage (Joseph O'Loughlin, #5)

2 " Here you can shoot the bad guys,' a mercenary says in Baghdad. 'In America we give them corporate bonuses. "

― Michael Robotham , The Wreckage (Joseph O'Loughlin, #5)

3 " You’re scared of dying.’ ‘Better than being scared of living. "

― Michael Robotham , The Wreckage (Joseph O'Loughlin, #5)

4 " What makes a man who has a woman who loves him risk it all?” “Are you asking me or Him?” “You.” Ruiz rubs his forehead. “Sometimes when a man feels bad about himself, he doesn’t want to be with a woman who looks at him with nothing but love. Instead he wants to lie on top of a woman who knows how nasty and shallow and faithless he can be… a woman who doesn’t put him on a pedestal or expect him to be a knight in shining armor… a woman who’s happy with the worst he can be. "

― Michael Robotham , The Wreckage (Joseph O'Loughlin, #5)

5 " A thought passes across the driver's face. Ruiz has always referred to it as the Dirty Harry moment-that fleeting instant when a person wonders: Am I fast enough or lucky enough? "

― Michael Robotham , The Wreckage (Joseph O'Loughlin, #5)

6 " windows are ringed with dark shadows of soot that leak like a beauty queen’s tears "

― Michael Robotham , The Wreckage (Joseph O'Loughlin, #5)

7 " During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. GEORGE ORWELL "

― Michael Robotham , The Wreckage (Joseph O'Loughlin, #5)

8 " We are not descended from fearful men. Not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were for the moment unpopular. EDWARD R. MURROW "

― Michael Robotham , The Wreckage (Joseph O'Loughlin, #5)

9 " Some people will find their own grave too crowded. "

― Michael Robotham , The Wreckage (Joseph O'Loughlin, #5)

10 " Sometimes when a man feels bad about himself, he doesn’t want to be with a woman who looks at him with nothing but love. Instead he wants to lie on top of a woman who knows how nasty and shallow and faithless he can be … a woman who doesn’t put him on a pedestal or expect him to be a knight in shining armour … a woman who’s happy with the worst he can be. "

― Michael Robotham , The Wreckage (Joseph O'Loughlin, #5)