Somewhere in the ocean, a shark was missing its cold eyes because this man had them.
Steve HamiltonStichwörter: crime
Leon, no offense, but you don't exactly look like a hockey player."
"I told 'em I was a goalie. That's where they put the guy who can't skate, right? Just like in baseball when they put the worst player at catcher.
I didn't know that once you've proven yourself useful to the wrong people, you'll never be free again.
Steve HamiltonStichwörter: mystery suspense thriller fiction-novel
I'm the undisputed champion of keeping my mouth shut and just sitting there like a piece of furniture.
Steve HamiltonStichwörter: humor
Once you freeze all the way through to your soul, you will never feel warm again.
Steve HamiltonWhoever's job it was to keep the room clean was clearly not an overachiever.
Steve HamiltonIt was a lesson I had taken most of my life to learn. Sometimes you have to let things go.
Steve HamiltonThese are the methods of crude men. They can’t face the challenge that a safe presents to them. They can’t face the safe on its own terms. So they do what? Same thing men have been doing for thousands of years, right? They resort to violence.”
He grabbed the dolly and tucked it under the safe.
“No patience. No skill. No intelligence. Just brute strength. They have to break something. It’s the only way they know.
So there it was. My big lesson of the day, something I’d take with me and never forget. The whole legal system – if you think it’s just a big set of rules, you’re dead wrong. It’s really a bunch of people sitting around and talking to each other, deciding what they want to do with you. When they make their decision, then they pull out whatever rule they need to make it happen.
Steve HamiltonThis could be your big ticket,” he said. “You know what happens to you at art school?”
I shook my head.
“All that good natural technique you have? All that detail? They’ll beat it right out of you. They’ll be so threatened by it, they’ll make you start throwing paint at the canvas like a monkey. By the time you graduate, the only thing you’ll be able to do is teach art to high school kids.”
Okay, I thought. I’m glad he’s excited for me.
“On the plus side, you’ll probably get laid a lot.”
I gave him a nod and a quick thumbs-up. He patted me on the shoulder and then left me alone.
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