Procedural Quotes

“Use your intuition. Picture how things happen, why they happen. Don’t stick rigidly to first impressions, and once you’ve read the rule book, throw it away. Better still, burn the bastard.”
― Andrew Barrett, A Long Time Dead

“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Romans 12:19
King James Version

What most people don’t seem to understand is that sometimes, He subcontracts the work!

Detective-Investigator Louis Martelli,
NYPD”
― Theodore Jerome Cohen, Night Shadows

“There was noise in the corridor outside Alice’s office; and though it was nothing of concern, they separated. Roger stood, fingers tucked into his waistcoat pockets, admiring prints on the wall that held no interest for him. The noise was Melanie, but her voice, a length of razor wire wrapped in a soufflé, eventually faded.”
― Andrew Barrett, A Long Time Dead

“Actions have consequences. Kids today don’t think about that. It’s like, ‘Hey, wouldn’t this be awesome?!’ Consequences? What are those?”
― Theodore Jerome Cohen, Night Shadows

“The Internet is the biggest double-edged sword in our technological history, but it’s not going anywhere.”
― Stacy Green, All Good Deeds

“The worst ones often come from the best people.”
― Stacy Green, All Good Deeds