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Chiefs
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"Chiefs" Quotes

In "Chiefs" by Stuart Woods, a small Georgia town is shaken by a series of brutal murders, prompting three successive police chiefs to unravel the dark secrets behind the killings over several decades.

Quotes

There's no more privacy in a small town than there is in a big city, it's just that the gossip is delivered personally instead of by a newspaper.

Stuart Woods

privacygossip

People in Delano were living their lives with all the passion of a bowl of oatmeal.

Stuart Woods

passionlife

The living are not the ones who need forgiveness. It's the dead who need our understanding.

Stuart Woods

forgivenessunderstanding

Sometimes when you're too close to something, you can't see it clearly.

Stuart Woods

perspective

Some things are better left unsaid, and some things should never be said at all.

Stuart Woods

communication

The more a man has to lose, the more careful he is about what he does.

Stuart Woods

riskcaution

People who never make mistakes seldom make anything else.

Stuart Woods

mistakeslearning

Our past does not define us, but it does shape us.

Stuart Woods

identityhistory

Justice is not about revenge, it's about making things right.

Stuart Woods

justicerevenge

Sometimes the truth hurts, but lies can destroy.

Stuart Woods

truthdeception