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Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7) QUOTES

Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7) QUOTES

1 " Yellowstone, a place so special and awe-inspiring that after exploring it in 1871, the Hayden Expedition conceived of the original concept of the world’s first national park—a set-aside of 2. 2 million acres containing more than ten thousand thermal features, canyons, waterfalls, and wildlife—so no man or corporation could ever own it. "

― C.J. Box , Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

2 " We’re trivial pissants in the big scheme of things, fleas, fly shit in the pepper. "

― C.J. Box , Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

3 " We are both disciples of the Louis Jordan song ‘What’s the Use of Getting Sober (When You’re Gonna Get Drunk Again). "

― C.J. Box , Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

4 " the Eight Percent Rule to McCann. “It’s really very simple,” he said, using the same melodic voice he used to pet and stroke the jury. “I have to convince one juror out of twelve to vote with us. One of twelve is eight percent, give or take. Not that I need to convince him our client is innocent, understand. I just need to establish an intimate partnership with that one fellow or lady in a crowd who is contrary. The man or woman who has an ax to grind. My theory, and you saw it happen twice, is that in any group of people forced to be together, at least eight percent of them will go against the majority if for no other reason than to shove it up their ass—if they have an authority figure they can trust to be on their side. I am that leader in the courtroom. "

― C.J. Box , Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

5 " Because it’s indicative of a tired mind-set. It’s nothing more than mental jerking off: puffed-up officials trying to make order out of random acts when all around them their world is about to explode—but they just don’t know it, or care. It’s like trying to find the fly shit in the pepper. I mean, who cares? "

― C.J. Box , Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

6 " Yellowstone was established as the first national park in the world in 1872 by an act of Congress. The boundaries were drawn before Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana were granted statehood, "

― C.J. Box , Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

7 " Every place in West, it seemed, was always for sale. "

― C.J. Box , Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

8 " It’s not like our laws are moral codes—they’re just a set of rules dreamed up by politicians to keep themselves in power and placate their contributors. "

― C.J. Box , Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

9 " first national park in the world in 1872 by an act of Congress. The boundaries were drawn before Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana were granted statehood,” Joe "

― C.J. Box , Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

10 " two sharp brown eyes surveyed the room like drive-by shooters. "

― C.J. Box , Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

11 " Joe wanted to reach across the table, gather the old man’s collar in his fist, and bounce him up and down like a rag doll. “At one time, I had a lot to say to you. For years, I rehearsed what I was going to tell you if I ever got the opportunity I have now. I’d go over it when I was by myself like it was a speech. I had sections about what you did to my mother, my brother, and me. It was a pretty good speech, and I’m not good at speeches. But now that you’re sitting right there, I can’t remember any of it. "

― C.J. Box , Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

12 " large outhouse. "

― C.J. Box , Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

13 " there were three kinds of thermal features in the world: geysers, mud pots, and fumaroles (steam vents), and Yellowstone featured them all. "

― C.J. Box , Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

14 " It was easier to stay away and keep a rigid ideology when not mugged by reality. "

― C.J. Box , Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

15 " like to see Clay McCann thrown in prison because he doesn’t like the idea of a man getting away with murder in his state, despite the weird legal circumstances of this one. "

― C.J. Box , Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

16 " a Nean derthal with a badge. "

― C.J. Box , Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

17 " Way too many fat people in shorts. "

― C.J. Box , Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

18 " Think globally and act locally. "

― C.J. Box , Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

19 " THE OLD FAITHFUL area was the largest complex in the park, consisting of hundreds of cabins, the Snow Lodge, retail stores, souvenir shops and snack bars, a rambling Park Service visitor center, and the showpiece structure of the entire park: the hundred-plus-year-old Old Faithful Inn that stood in sharp, gabled, epic relief against the star-washed sky. "

― C.J. Box , Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

20 " it’s just as interesting inside. There are secret stairways, hidden rooms, and a crazy dead-end hallway called Bat’s Alley. They’re closed to the public, of course, and very few people know about them. "

― C.J. Box , Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)