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Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11) QUOTES

Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11) QUOTES

1 " You can fall in love and make love many times but there is only one bullet with your name etched on the side. And if you are lucky enough to be shot with that bullet then the wound never heals. "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)

2 " There is no end of things in the heart. ...she understood it to mean that if you took something to heart, really brought it inside those red velvet folds, then it would always be there for you. No matter what happened, it would be there waiting. She said this could mean a person, a place, a dream. A mission. Anything sacred. She told me that it is all connected in those secret folds. Always. It is all part of the same and will always be there, carrying the same beat as your heart. "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)

3 " It's only a wonderful world if you can make it that way. There are no street signs pointing to Paradise Road. "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)

4 " You build a city in the desert, water it with false hopes and false idols, and eventually this is what happens. The desert reclaims it, turns it arid, leaves it barren. Human tumbleweeds drift across its streets, predators hide in the rocks. "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)

5 " I’m a believer in the single-bullet theory. You can fall in love and make love many times but there is only one bullet with your name etched on the side. And if you are lucky enough to be shot with that bullet then the wound never heals. "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)

6 " Getting the quote right isn't what matters. It's remembering what it means. "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)

7 " I didn’t have all the answers but experience told me that they would come. "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)

8 " On my way out of rent-a-car row I saw a sign with an arrow pointing the way to Paradise Road. I thought that everybody needed a sign like that. I wished that it was that easy. "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)

9 " There is no end of things in the heart. "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)

10 " employees. "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)

11 " furnished. In one corner was a baby grand piano that caught my eye. "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)

12 " which is an entry "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)

13 " Jack said he’d make some calls to the bank and Global Underwriters. "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)

14 " Good-bye, Harry. "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)

15 " The next message was from Roy Lindell. He also followed the standard of brevity. “All right, asshole, I’ve got something for you. Call me. "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)

16 " the pale light coming in through the French door leading to the deck I could see who it was. “Milton. What the—” “Shut up, asshole. You surprised to see me? Did you think I was going to let them wash me down the toilet without doing something about it?” “I don’t know what you’re talking about. Listen, there are "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)

17 " Hollywood was always best viewed at night. It could only hold its mystique in darkness. In sunlight the curtain comes up and the intrigue is gone, replaced by a sense of hidden danger. It was a place of takers and users, of broken sidewalks and dreams. You build a city in the desert, water it with false hopes and false idols, and eventually this is what happens. The desert reclaims it, turns it arid, leaves it barren. Human tumbleweeds drift across its streets, predators hide in the rocks. "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)

18 " had going on it.’ Lindell laughed as though I had suggested something absurd. "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)

19 " Eidolon "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)

20 " That was just the way it had to be. There is no end of things in the heart. "

― Michael Connelly , Lost Light (Harry Bosch, #9; Harry Bosch Universe, #11)