Pendergast Quotes & Sayings

Sleep is an unfortunate biological requirement that both wastes time and leaves one vulnerable. — Douglas Preston

Not only eating Lieutenant, but slobbering over the food as well. Clearly, he, she, or it has no manners. — Douglas Preston

Spaces again. I guess one citation wasn't enough." Pendergast pulled out the previous ticket. "You mean this?" "That's right." Pendergast neatly tore it in half and tucked the pieces back into his pocket. The chief frowned. — Douglas Preston

Hezekiah Pendergast," Constance continued, "was the great-great-grandfather of Aloysius - and a first-rate mountebank. He began his career as a snake-oil salesman for traveling medicine shows and, over time, devised his own 'medicine': Hezekiah's Compound Elixir and Glandular Restorative. — Douglas Preston

Where are you from, Mr. Pendergast? Can't quite place the accent."
"New Orleans."
"What a coincidence! I went there for Mardi Gras once."
"How nice for you. I myself have never attended."
Ludwig paused, the smile frozen on his face, wondering how to steer the conversation onto a more pertinent topic. — Douglas Preston

There was a pause while Pendergast considered this. I prefer hypocrisy to poverty. — Douglas Preston

It's a very bad habit, but one I find hard to break. — Douglas Preston

God bless us, everyone," Smithback intoned. Margo punched him playfully. — Douglas Preston

I like your custom 1911," the man said, glancing at Pendergast's weapon. "Les Baer Thunder Ranch Special? Nice-looking piece. — Douglas Preston

A strange, pale figure emerged - Pendergast? - and she felt herself suddenly in his arms, lifted bodily as if she were a child again, her head cradled against his chest. She felt his shoulders began to convulse, faintly, regularly, almost as if he was weeping. But that was, of course, impossible, as Pendergast would never cry. — Douglas Preston

To one side, a vintage Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith, polished to a gem-like brilliance, sat on a flatbed trailer, ready to be taken to its new owner. Constance looked from Pendergast to the Rolls and back again. "I really don't need two, you know," he said. — Douglas Preston

Back in their special forces days, there were times when Pendergast had disappeared just like this - no word to anyone - only to reappear later with some important objective accomplished. It had happened often enough that their team developed a slang term for it - Don't pull a Pendergast meant "Don't disappear without explanation. — Douglas Preston

There is a mountain range behind the town, called the Sierra de Sangre de Cristo. It means the 'Blood of Christ Mountains' in Spanish. — Douglas Preston

There is more in the world than is dreamt of in your philosophy, Doctor - or in the Merck Manual. — Douglas Preston

I can see that an insufficent, or perhaps even defective, socialization process has led you to believe that four-letter words add power to languauge — Douglas Preston

What a rush you're in to show me the last dregs of your vile soul! — Giacomo Puccini

Hey, Margo, this looks like a big job. Why don't you send out for pizza? The best place in town is Antonio's. I recommend the green chili and pepperoni. Shall I fax the order now? — Douglas Preston

On the rare occasions when my family talked about business, the subject was Kansas City's Boss Pendergast and his potential for muscling my dad's small gravel-and-sand operation. — Carol Loomis

D'Agosta had long ago learned, when working with Pendergast, to never get caught without two things: a gun and a flashlight. — Douglas Preston

Mrs. Trask turned to him. When Mr. Pendergast asks for something, we do not say no. — Douglas Preston

Growing up in the Midwest, I was very close to my maternal grandmother, who, as a young widow running a small business in 1920s Kansas City, had known firsthand the old Pendergast regime and its classic combine of politics and organized crime. — Roger Morris

He found Pendergast's cool gaze on him, and he fidgeted. He'd forgotten about those eyes. They made you feel like you had just been stripped of your secrets. — Douglas Preston

Already up to his waist in the quaking bog, Pendergast stopped struggling and stared up at his assassin. The icy glitter in the pale gray eyes spoke more eloquently of his hatred and despair than any words he might have spoken, and it shook Esterhazy to the core. — Douglas Preston