Chad Zunker > Quotes

“The cheap motel room ceiling was stained. Like muddy yellow clouds. A smoker’s room. I’m not a smoker. But I’d have lit up just about anything if it would have calmed me down. My heart felt like it was going to explode. I stared at the ceiling.”
― Chad Zunker, The Tracker

“I took the phone from the girl. “Gracias.”
― Chad Zunker, Family Money

“remembered him using the same notepad when”
― Chad Zunker, Family Money

“with the understanding that only a foolish man with a clear death wish would ever even consider trying to break into a property belonging to such a lethal agency with more than one hundred trained killers living onsite. I was going to be that foolish man. It was ridiculous. A twenty-five-year-old law student was going to break into one of the most badass places on the planet and steal top level secrets.”
― Chad Zunker, The Tracker

“Sighing, I eased around the vehicle”
― Chad Zunker, Family Money

“Truth was like clay. Whoever had their hands on the clay could shape it however he wanted. My hands were nowhere near the clay. I had to change that first.”
― Chad Zunker, The Tracker

“My job was to follow our opponent from small town to small town on the campaign trail and record with a video camera every word that came out of his mouth every single time he stepped into public. And sometimes in private.”
― Chad Zunker, The Tracker

“The single greatest cause of homelessness is the profound, catastrophic loss of family”
― Chad Zunker, An Equal Justice

“smile on her face. “How was that, Papa?”
― Chad Zunker, Family Money

“pushing”
― Chad Zunker, The Wife You Know

“God often likes to take the pain of our past and turn it into the fuel for our ministry future.”
― Chad Zunker, The Tracker

“The only politician I cared anything about at the moment was Benjamin Franklin, simply because his pretty, old face was plastered on hundred-dollar bills. And I hoped to have a very nice roll of them in my back pocket”
― Chad Zunker, The Tracker

“I have to see for myself. If the shoe was on the other foot, I’d want Mindy to do the same thing for me.” “The shoe will never be on the other foot.” “I know. I’m just saying.”
― Chad Zunker, Good Neighbors

“easy. Unable to slow my mind. The room temperature was a pleasant seventy degrees, yet beads of sweat dripped down my neck onto the hard pillow. There was no noise from other motel rooms. No wild teenage party down the walkway. No loud snores from a traveling salesman next door. Just the unsteady rattle of an old air conditioner in the ceiling, the squeak”
― Chad Zunker, The Tracker

“forcing a smile. She waited, but it was all I could say. I just froze. What a jerk. I leaned in to kiss her, and although she kissed me back, I could feel the reservation in her lips. No one says those words unless she hopes to hear them immediately back. I had failed her. Fortunately, a street musician began strumming a guitar and singing a few feet away from us, and a small crowd began to gather around. We turned to listen as well. Although we continued to hold hands, her grip”
― Chad Zunker, The Tracker

“They all looked sturdy and well built. Most of them had little front porches with ocean views. There were no visible electrical lines anywhere. What was life like without TV, phones, and internet? I was about to find out. In some ways, it felt intimidating. I had been so connected for so long. But it also felt like freedom. A freedom I thought I’d longed to have for some time now.”
― Chad Zunker, The Wife You Know

“It’s not about being worthy. It’s about being grateful. And letting that gratitude help you maximize the new opportunities you’re getting.”
― Chad Zunker, The Tracker

“empty, with the driver’s door wide open.”
― Chad Zunker, The Tracker

“mom”
― Chad Zunker, The Tracker

“It’s like a beautiful snow-capped mountain. Lies are the small cracks in the ice layer beneath the snow.”
― Chad Zunker, Family Money

“Her”
― Chad Zunker, All He Has Left

“I’m drawn to stories where the underdog overcomes incredible odds. I relate well to young characters who are struggling to find themselves, to find reasons behind their pain and their loss, and who are searching for ways to overcome all of that and still make something of their lives.”
― Chad Zunker

“Pandora’s”
― Chad Zunker, An Equal Justice

“whispered.”
― Chad Zunker, All He Has Left

“The cheap motel-room ceiling was stained. Like muddy yellow clouds. A smoker’s room. I’m not a smoker. But I’d have lit up just about anything if it would have calmed me down. My heart felt like it was going to explode. I stared at the ceiling. I should have been asleep. The motel bed was comfortable enough, but every limb of my body felt rigid. I was unable to relax.”
― Chad Zunker, The Tracker

“Lord Acton once say? Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
― Chad Zunker, The Tracker

“Until seconds later, when”
― Chad Zunker, Hunt the Lion

“My mind was a mosh pit of shock, guilt, and sadness, and I could hardly put any thoughts together.”
― Chad Zunker, Family Money

“Whether Izzy believed it or not, she really was his whole world.”
― Chad Zunker, Not Our Daughter

“Equal Justice,”
― Chad Zunker, Family Money