106 Quotes by Robert Crais

Lucy took a single plain donut from the bag and held it for me to take a bite. Tender and light and still warm from the frying. Not too sugary.

People want you to be ordinary.

Pike put down the cat. He slid from Pike's arms like molasses and puddled at his feet.

Stalking the Angel [Joe]"I could off anybody in this place five times over." [Elvis]"Could you off someone and get away with you here?" [Joe]Head shake. "I'm too good even for me.

It's easy to sound good. All you do is leave in the parts where you act tough and forget the parts where you get shoved around.

Some of us find our way with a single light to guide us; others lose themselves even when the star field is as sharp as a neon ceiling. Ethics may not be situational, but feelings are. We learn to adjust, and, over time, the stars we use to guide ourselves come to reside within rather than without.

Efficiency and focus are the keys to success.

People want you to be ordinary. They don't like it when people are different. They don't like it when a man soars over their heads while they stand in the dirt. People hate you when you're special; it reminds them of everything that they aren't

Los Angeles is the evolutionary edge.