"A Morning for Flamingos" Quotes
Detective Dave Robicheaux is pulled into a dangerous world of drug smuggling and corruption in New Orleans.
mystery | 374 pages | Published in 1990
Quotes
She wanted what she couldn't have, and she made no bones about it.
You don't have to be in the mob to be a mobster.
I never made a habit of holding grudges. It was too much like wasting time.
He had the kind of sad eyes that made you believe in the goodness of people.
Sometimes love is a sin, pure and simple.
The people who wax the loudest about honor and duty are usually the ones who have neither.
In New Orleans, there's a saying: 'Live fast, love hard, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse.'
You can't make a pact with the devil and then expect him to keep his end of the bargain.
The past has a way of reaching out and grabbing you by the throat when you least expect it.
Some debts can never be repaid, and some wounds never heal.