Jonas Saul > Quotes

“We leave our home,” she pointed upwards, “and come here. When we’re done down here in the swamp of humanity, whatever you want to call it, we go home. To our real home. We all do. No choice. Whether you believe it or not.”
― Jonas Saul, The Sarah Roberts Series Vol. 7-9

“She’d been in Budapest for over four weeks and her sister Vivian had been silent since her arrival. All Sarah had was the final note her dead sister made her write telling her that Armond Stuart had fled to Hungary.”
― Jonas Saul, The Crypt

“was just after two in the morning. She hoped that the dress she wore would attract the wrong kind of attention. She wasn’t trying to look like a prostitute, just vulnerable. The knee-length dress was decorated with a pretty floral pattern. It was the shortest dress she would ever wear. Her top wasn’t revealing at all. The red angora sweater gave nothing away. Jeans were”
― Jonas Saul, The Crypt

“The Specter (Starring Aaron Stevens)”
― Jonas Saul, The Specter

“Sarah,”
― Jonas Saul, The Crypt

“But could she do it? Would she do it? Back to that debate. Was it murder if she caught him just standing around, non-threatening? How about when he was just standing there in the FLDS Mormon Temple a few months back? Would it have been murder then? His female victims were being held captive. Armond was waiting for the right price before he’d sell those innocent teenage girls into sex slavery. He had shot Sarah that day. Why can’t she just shoot him back? Make it even. She’d be the better shot. Once Armond was dead, no more little girls could be kidnapped, shipped overseas and sold to horny old men. Once Armond”
― Jonas Saul, The Crypt

“Looks interesting,” I said, handing the book back. “But not for me. I prefer pictures.” He didn’t take the book. Just pushed it gently toward me. “This book does have pictures.” He must be crazy. I had just looked. To humor him, I flipped through the pages again and when I got to the end of the book, I held it up. “No pictures.” “Sure there is,” he said. I remember thinking how stubborn he was. “The pictures are hiding.” Now he had my attention. I looked down at the book in my hand. He continued, “The pictures are inside the words.” “What?” Now I was confused. (Remember, I was quite young.) “Read the first page. Maybe the second. You’ll see.” He nodded at the book. “The pictures will rise out of the page and into your head. Don’t worry, your eyes will form the pics from the words.” He started to lose me at that young age, but I did what he said. I opened the book to chapter one and started reading. And I gasped. A picture formed instantly.”
― Jonas Saul, Losing Sarah

“don’t treat them, I just shoot them.”
― Jonas Saul, The Crypt

“family didn’t have the money for lawyers. If the Hungarians really wanted to throw the proverbial book at her, she didn’t know what she could do. Although, they would have to prove those charges … and—her status being what it was in the States—she was sure her embassy would get involved in any court action, if it ever got that far. The problem”
― Jonas Saul, The Crypt

“had eaten in the hotel restaurant and retired early to bed. Parkman had asked if Vivian had said anything lately and Sarah had replied in the negative. He didn’t ask how she was planning to die. Partly because he didn’t want to know, Sarah assumed, and partly because if she did in fact die, how would he tell her parents? He knew them. He was in Europe because of them. Parkman felt it was his personal duty to stay close to Sarah. To protect her.”
― Jonas Saul, The Crypt

“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. Never give up.”
― Jonas Saul, The Hostage

“We will deport them, jail them, and, or, press charges that will stick. This has to stop.”
― Jonas Saul, The Scythe

“her he”
― Jonas Saul, The Redeemed

“A throng of reporters and media vans looked like they’d been spread out and layered on thick as one would spread lard on toast.”
― Jonas Saul, The Blade

“And remember, fear stands for false, evidence, appearing, real. There’s nothing to fear. Just be strong and fight. We’ll walk away from this as long as you believe we will. Life doesn’t owe you, but it does provide opportunities. You can either watch things happen, make things happen or wonder what the fuck happened. Choose well and we’ll make it. Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. Never give up. I take an interest in my future because I’m going to spend the rest of my life there. You should too.”
― Jonas Saul, The Sarah Roberts Series Vol. 4-6

“But somehow, whoever he beat to a pulp got a hold of his pen and jammed it into his neck like he was trying to do an amateur tracheotomy and missed the whole point about it helping someone breathe and not hear better.”
― Jonas Saul, The Blade

“started enjoying her job”
― Jonas Saul, The Sarah Roberts Series Vol. 7-9

“Sarah smiled. Cute old man. She looked around to make sure he wasn’t a decoy, trying to avert her attention to a possible attack. The men setting up the stage were all acting normal. There were no furtive glances or hushed words. None of them even noticed her standing and talking to the old man. Maybe there was nothing in Montone after”
― Jonas Saul, The Crypt