"The Black Echo" Quotes

Once you work for the police, you’re always a cop.

There was nothing for him to do but go forward and be stronger than the past.

The world was full of good people. They just got overrun a lot.

The job was the job, and it only made sense to do it well.

There is no mystery to happiness. Unhappy men are all alike. Some wound they suffered long ago, some wish denied, some blow to pride, some kindling spark of love put out by scorn— or worse, indifference— cleaving in two the heart they had no right to sell or give away. All these things, well, they are the same in all men’s lives. It is all recognized. No man or woman escapes.

We are all alone— no matter what they say, no matter what they promise— without the sort of love that enables us to be ourselves, alone, and that was what she had given him.

When you are young, there are many things which appear dull and lifeless but which, when older, turn out to be fascinating and full of meaning.

The truth is that all people are lonely, and life is very hard.

I don’t think I’ve ever known a man who was so in love with his work. He was one of those rare people who loved his job and took great pride in it.

The city was a hard place in which to get old.