Michael Connelly Harry Bosch Quotes & Sayings

She was his strength and his heart and his soul, and she made him believe in the whole cannoli. — Iona Findley

We have a sense that we should be like the mythical cowboy ... able to take on and conquer anything and live in the world without the need for other people. — Morrie Schwartz.

There is San Diego - this retirement village, with its prim petticoat, that doesn't want to get too near the water. San Diego worries about all the turds washing up on the lovely, pristine beaches of La Jolla. San Diego wishes Mexico would have fewer babies. And San Diego, like the rest of America, is growing middle-aged. — Richard Rodriguez

You are under arrest for murder, attempted murder and general conspiracy to be an asshole. - Harry Bosch — Michael Connelly

Tomorrow is the mysterious, unknown guest. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

All his life Harry Bosch believed he had a mission. And to carry out that mission he needed to be bulletproof. He needed to build himself and his life so that he was invulnerable, so that nothing and no one could ever get to him.

All of that changed on the day he was introduced to the daughter he didn't know he had. In that moment he knew he was both saved and lost. He would be forever connected to the world in the way only a father knew.

- "Nine Dragons" by Michael Connelly — Michael Connelly

Where are you idiots taking me?"
"Patience, Lada," Mehmed said.
"I am going to start sleeping with a knife."
"If you had had a knife, you would have killed me!"
"Yes, exactly. And then I could have gone back to sleep."
Radu snorted. "Nothing like cuddling a corpse to give you sweet dreams. — Kiersten White

A persistently fruitless hearer of the Word cannot be a disciple of Jesus — John Piper

Trollops are capital things in port, but will not do at sea. — Patrick O'Brian

It's my policy." -Harry Bosch — Michael Connelly

I'm relaxed, Belk. I call it Zen and the art of not giving a shit. — Michael Connelly

time. He also discovered that the burglar was still inside. It was this discovery that ultimately brought Detective Harry Bosch and his partner, Jerry Edgar, to the Three Kings Pawnshop. — Michael Connelly

That's justice," she said, nodding at the statue. "She doesn't hear you. She doesn't see you. She can't feel you and won't speak to you. Justice, Detective Bosch, is just a concrete blonde. — Michael Connelly

I always thought the key to immortality would be, like, tiny robots fixing things in your brain," she says. "Not books. — Robin Sloan

I appreciate the few people who say nice things about me and say, 'Gee, you were right about this,' or, 'You were right about that.' But frankly, I spend my time looking ahead. I've got 23 grandkids, and I'm concerned about what their world is going to be like. — Mitt Romney

Sometimes, to love people, I must completely avoid them. Sometimes, to be strong, I must completely fall apart. Sometimes, to create, I must completely destroy. — Vironika Tugaleva

I don't believe that the course of anyone's lifetime has ever been as unerring as that of the rising and setting sun, but I know many lives that have been just as inspiring. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Carry your wings of hope so high in the sky that there is no room left for disappointments. — Heenashree Khandelwal

I'll make you come. I'll hold you while you sleep. I'll change for you. I'll live for you. I'll never let you go. — Katy Regnery

He [Harry Bosch] defined good company not by the conversation but by the lack of it. When there was no need to talk to feel comfortable, that was the right company — Michael Connelly

No matter how much they tried to dress her up with neon and family entertainment she [Las Vegas] was still a whore. — Michael Connelly

the initial ID is George Thomas Irving. Age forty-six of eight - " "Irving as in Irvin Irving? As in Councilman Irvin Irving?" "Scourge of the LAPD in general and one Detective Harry Bosch in particular. — Michael Connelly

When I could talk, I said, "I don't know what I did wrong."
Dena sighed, "You care too much. — Melissa Bank