Robin Atkins

“A good book is an event in my life.”
― Stendhal, The Red and the Black

“Somewhere along the line, it occurred to him that he hadn't spoken to Virgil Flowers. He'd probably taken the day off, and knowing Flowers, he'd done it in a boat. The thing about Flowers was, in Lucas's humble opinion, you could send him out for a loaf of bread and he'd find an illegal bread cartel smuggling in heroin-saturated wheat from Afghanistan. Either that, or he'd be fishing in a muskie tournament, on government time. You had to keep an eye on him.”
― John Sandford, Stolen Prey

“For where all love is, the speaking is unnecessary”
― Diana Gabaldon, Outlander

“Time passes, but sometimes it beats the shit out of you as it goes.”
― John Sandford, Easy Prey