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“Tom Wood - The Hunter and other Books in the series
"Money, he had long ago discovered, was the world’s number one aphrodisiac."
" But better I take what I might not need than find myself without what I do need."
" Why do you do what you do?" "Once you’ve sold your soul to the devil you can’t then ask for it back."
"Trust is earned." " You don’t like it, stop doing it. A simple statement, but true all the same."
" People who wanted weapons had enemies and by supplying those people, he would count their enemies as his own."
"....to give the teabags the best chance at working. The haemostatic tannins found naturally in tea would help stop the bleeding, reduce the chance of infection, and aid the healing process." "I am a shark. As soon as I stop swimming, I’ll drown.’
" Life flows like a river, and we must adapt to its ever-changing course."
"They’re a nuisance. Pure vermin.’" '‘As are we all, madam,’ the man with blond hair said back. ‘But at least the pigeons have no pretence of grandeur."
"I trust that you understand the consequences of showing yourself to be untrustworthy.’
"And there is no hearsay in a man’s eyes. There is only truth.’
‘What truth do you see in mine?’ ‘I see a man of experience. I see a man without conscience. I see a man who sold his soul before he knew he possessed anything of value.’
"Do I need to be in a hurry to wonder how long I’ll be here?’
"Understanding and doing are two separate concepts.’
"Aren’t you glad to be alive?’
‘Of course,’ Victor said. ‘Life is always preferable to the alternative.’
'They say you get out of reading what you put in.’

BETTER OFF DEAD
"....jobs could only be considered routine because of the preparation that went into them and the patience displayed in their execution. If corners were cut in the lead-up to the job – should any contingency not be considered and planned for – mistakes would surely follow."
You don’t know it yet, and no one ever told me at your age, but eventually you’ll reach a point in life where you have no new thoughts; you experience no new sensations. Everything you do, everything you say, you’ve done and said a thousand times before.
Swearing is an expression of anger. When we swear we’re admitting we’ve lost control.
Reading is exercise for the mind.
I believe in integrity and I believe in justice. I believe a man is only as good as his word and I believe that we are only treated as we allow ourselves to be treated. Forgiveness is against human nature. To forgive a wrong is to invite another. I believe in justice. No wrong should go unpunished.”
― Tom Wood - Hunter series

“But odds are only created if a probability exists that there is an alternative.”
" What can it hurt to buy the ticket and entertain that false hope?” "...you are the eternal optimist, but I get your point.” “Maybe I am. I’d rather be the guy actually holding that winning lottery ticket, but . . . even I’m not that eternal of an optimist.”

“‘When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to the evildoers.’ Proverbs 21:15.” "

"And I’ll tell you it’s a lot more fun moving forward with people you love and who love you.”

"The consequences are because of the actions a person chose to take, whatever that person’s reason or justification. The consequences lie with them."

"When people can no longer trust you, when they no longer see you as honorable, what are you left with? Not a lot. Sometimes, in those circumstances, it’s harder to live with yourself than it is to live with what you did.”

"Sometimes, people say, it takes a tragedy to make us realize what we have, to make us realize how blessed we really are and what we could lose. Sometimes we have to know loss to appreciate what we find. "

"What I’ve learned is that life isn’t about memories. It isn’t about the past. It’s about living in the present and looking to the future, and what that future holds for each of us”
― Robert Dugoni, What She Found