Dan Willis > Quotes

“As she walked, her hips swayed, making the dragons on her kimono rise and fall. Alex reminded himself that he was a trained detective, which was why he noticed that.”
― Dan Willis, Ghost of a Chance

“Never give up a possible advantage for a moment of ego gratification,”
― Dan Willis, Curse of the Phoenix

“Alex waited a few minutes before digging into Sherry’s list. Truth be told, he wanted to make sure Harcourt and Nicholson were actually gone. To pass the time, he opened the polished oak drawer in his magnificent desk and pulled out a bottle and a tumbler. Just like former days, he always kept something to drink handy. Unlike former days, this was a bottle of twelve-year-old single malt. Alex poured out two fingers’ worth of the amber liquid in the tumbler, then leaned back in his chair and sipped it. Cheap Scotch always reminded Alex of cough medicine, but the good stuff had a taste that made him think of fine wood, oiled leather, and beautiful women. It was worth what he paid for it. Closing his eyes, Alex just sat, enjoying the experience of the whiskey. It was something he could do for an hour if he let himself, but he had work to do, so he inhaled deeply, then finished his drink and sat up.”
― Dan Willis, Blood Relation

“Alex took four small figurines from inside; a wolf, a jaguar, a rhino, and a horse. Each figure was about the same size, rendered in dark green Alaskan jade, with a rectangular base. “What are those for?” Hannah asked, her fear for her husband momentarily forgotten. Alex picked up the wolf and smiled an enigmatic smile. He rolled the map out to its full size and placed the figurine on the corner. “Weight,” he said. Hannah couldn’t help herself and snickered while Alex placed the other four figures on the other corners of the map.”
― Dan Willis, Ghost of a Chance

“Can you weave a rune?” Alex shook his head slowly, then shrugged. “You’re not supposed to be able to,” he said,”
― Dan Willis, Capital Murder

“Safe deposit key,” Iggy said after glancing over his shoulder. “Do you know where the box itself is?” “No,” he admitted, “but that’s just some legwork away.”
― Dan Willis, Gangster

“He thought of the little farm in Sharpsburg and it made him ache that he probably wouldn’t see it again. At least if he was successful, his father would be safe from war — everyone’s fathers would be safe. Well, as safe as they could be.”
― Dan Willis, The Georgia Alchemist

“the heavy, brass touch-tip lighter.”
― Dan Willis, Gangster

“Glencairn glass.”
― Dan Willis, Gangster

“Iggy had supplied Alex with a cane made of ironwood with a silver handle.”
― Dan Willis, Hidden Voices

“Evil will be evil and the best we can do is stop it as soon as we can.”
― Dan Willis, Equal & Opposite

“Water and food had to be brought in and stored in a cistern and ice box respectively, but waste water could simply be flushed away into the extra-dimensional void that surrounded the vault, which made clean up easy. Alex had wondered what would happen if people kept removing water from the planet, but he doubted he and Iggy, and any other runewrights who might have discovered this, would make much of a dent.”
― Dan Willis, Mind Games

“Murderers leave bodies in their wake and there’s nothing in the papers about the morgue getting extra business. My money’s on someone organizing a group to try to make it to Florida for the winter.”
― Dan Willis, Mind Games

“As far as Marcus knew there was only one male, kept closely guarded by the Austrian government. Since Austria was a protectorate of France, only Napoleon the Third could breed and sell dragons. If this bothered Genevieve, she gave no sign.”
― Dan Willis, The Georgia Alchemist