Randall Wood > Quotes

“My wife?” “Get a new one.” “My money?” “Gone.” Angel stewed some more. “I have to stay in the States?” “That’s how it works. the Marshalls will take care of all that.”
― Randall Wood, Pestilence

“The goal of the lawyer is no longer to see justice prevail, or to make the punishment fit the crime.”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“Death; and Hades followed with him. Authority was given to him over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth. —Revelation 6: 4”
― Randall Wood, Pestilence

“Whitcomb.”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“until Angel met his gaze again. “You’ve got that kind of pull?” “Yeah, I can have a federal”
― Randall Wood, Pestilence

“refuses to change the event. They believe the sheriff is making up the death threats in an effort to get them to cancel. Evidently, they are either that stupid or just used to death threats. Anyway, the locals are stepping up security in the surrounding buildings. The police presence is already at the maximum the sheriff can deploy. I’ve added the Bureau’s help. A few dog teams have been added at the entry”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“Sam sat in seat 14F on NorthWest flight 1108 out of Detroit. He attempted to sleep, but the loud drone of the engines, combined”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“Last year we had over 21,000 handgun-related deaths in this country. If we take away the suicides and the deaths ruled accidental, that still leaves us with over 19,000 handgun deaths. We have around 65 million handguns in this country, with a death rate of 13.7 per 100,000. That’s three times the rate of Canada. On top of the homicides, this also shows that handguns are used nine out of ten times in robbery, assault and rape.”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“with the internal paddles. It”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“Why the man had to have an entourage of ten people everywhere he went was beyond his scope of understanding. Most things about the Senator were.”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“She remarked once that she didn’t like making lists; she liked crossing things off them.”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“The chair wasn’t helping. You were supposed to stay awake, yet they put you in a nice recliner for the duration. Sam couldn’t decide if it fit the definition of irony, but he doubted it was far off. Thinking”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“We just don’t have command of the process anymore. The process owns us now. You, me, everyone who follows the laws, we’re now at a disadvantage to those who don’t. What the hell happened? What happened to us? This country is eating itself.”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“Criminals who are jailed learn from their fellow criminals how to manipulate the courts to a standstill with no formal legal training.”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“This costs the victims’ closure, and the taxpayers millions.”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“violate the local noise ordinance. The closest one was still three acres away over a low rise that served to block any view of him. He hoped his target wasn’t early”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“What the hell was wrong with old people?”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“Life was good for T. Carlton Addicot, Tort lawyer.”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“Hostel Luna (one block east and one block north of the cathedral, tel. 505/8441-8466, www.cafeluzyluna.com) is run by British expat Jane Boyd, offering dorm beds for $10 and private rooms for $20. Breakfast is served at Cafe Luz across the street where you can hang in the garden hammocks. Jane is a valuable source of knowledge on activities in the area and can help arrange anything from a trip to Miraflor, a cigar factory tour, or a walking mural tour with a local guide.”
― Randall Wood, Moon Handbooks: Nicaragua

“Jack’s current boss. They had worked together for a year and a half on the Russian Mafia killings in New York and had become good friends, but Jack would always call him sir. “Sorry to ruin your weekend, but this one came addressed to us. Seems our shooter left a note with your name on it. I told you fame had its drawbacks.” He was right. The press had a field day following Jack during the Mafia trials. They had plastered his name and face on every rag”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“least the truck would be empty on the ride there and he and his two partners could relax a little and not flinch at every bump in the road. The second pallet found its home and he watched the handler close and lock the cage behind it. He counted six packages total, which matched the other stack at the opposite end of the building. Still too close together for his liking but security trumped separation he was told. Again, he was just a deliveryman. The handler waved a clipboard in his direction. He nodded in return, policed up his rifle and climbed into the back of the truck. He tapped on the cab, the engine started, and he watched the warehouse door fade away. Soon they were past the guards”
― Randall Wood, Pestilence

“In the United States of America, State and Federal
prisons combined hold a total of 1,470,045 prisoners.”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“Prisons have become educational institutes that produce better, smarter criminals.”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“He ignored the sweat running down his face and focused through the scope on a young girl in her BMW. He could clearly see the diamond earrings in her ears;”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“and broadened his approach to include a monthly”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“One of Florida’s cow ants walked across the ground in front of him. The things were huge, a good inch and a half long, orange and black with one nasty bite. Actually some kind of hornet, he remembered. Made him wonder if it was indeed sweat he felt crawling down his back.”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“we can make them less lethal. The study states it’s not the fact that they are violent; it’s the fact that they have easy access to handguns when they decide to be violent. The guns don’t kill people, people kill people line is crap and you know it. The truth is, people without guns injure people, and people with guns kill them.” Senator”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“office had arrived about the same time as the story had aired on CNN. As he packed, his fax machine began cranking out page after page from the Hoover building. He looked at the first page while he brushed his teeth. T. Carlton Addicot, huh? Not his favorite guy. Everyone he knew at the bureau had”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“letting his jaw drop open to improve his hearing.”
― Randall Wood, Closure

“Something he was slowly coming to terms with. The frequent pain in his gut was increasing in intensity. The fatigue was more and more present. He had a feeling this visit was not going to be a good one. He”
― Randall Wood, Closure