Double Whammy Quotes
"Robert Clinch loved his boat more than anything else in the world. Loved it more than his wife. More than his kids. More than his girlfriend."
"Anytime I want to punch an asshole I can stroll down to Biscayne Boulevard and take my pick."
"Of course, the tournament circuit is in no way a sport, it's a cutthroat enterprise."
"He wasn't happy unless he was out on the lake."
"They leave 'em on all night, too. Old folks who live there, they're scared if the lights go off."
"All right," Skink said. He turned off the Coleman lantern.
"It's not a fucking breadstick, it's a snake."
"Water's nervous," Skink said, drying his beard. "Slow it down a tad."
"A jarring concussion, as if somebody had thrown a cinderblock in the water near the boat."
"The fish circled and broke the surface... Its back was banded in greenish black, its shoulders bronze, and its fat belly as pale as ice."
"One more shot, captain—I'll do better next time."
"The solitude and darkness of the lake shattered by a brute from the deep."
"Slowly the details of the southern shoreline, including the crooked silhouette of the cabin, came into Decker's view."
"You got what you needed, a jolt of the ballbuster fever."
"The possibility of being murdered over a dead fish did not appeal to R. J. Decker's sense of adventure."
"I'll never forget, it was a crescent moon, not a cloud anywhere."
"The idea that somebody had become homicidal over a largemouth bass was perversely appealing to Decker."
"As he packed his suitcase Decker heard himself say: So what?"
"Skink made three swipes of the oars before answering. 'A fish,' he said. 'A particular fish.'"
"The experience had been exhilarating and pure."
"The only sounds on the lake were his husky breaths and the rhythmic squeak of the rusty oarlocks."
"He was surprised to discover that he wasn't blind. His cheeks were wet from his eyes, and his eyes certainly stung, but they seemed to be working."
"A spade cop and a certifiable lunatic like me."
"The rich developers thought they'd found a foolproof plan."
"The Reverend Charles Weeb did not view the new governor as a hero."
"It was an exciting and historic moment in Florida history."
"By the end of the day he was unconsciously muttering the big applause lines just before they came out of the candidate's mouth."
"I know you don't think much of my speech, but in November I'm going to be elected governor."
"I don't doubt it, but it's because of your teeth, not your ideals."
"Never before had a black man been chosen as a bodyguard for a governor."
"He told them that Jim Tile was the most prescient man he'd met during the whole campaign."
"What Florida voters had liked most about candidate Clinton Tyree was not his plainly spoken views, but rather his handsome smile."
"Jim Tile was probably the only person in Florida who was not surprised when Clinton Tyree resigned from office."
"Jim Tile remained loyal to Clinton Tyree, who was now calling himself Skink."
"You got one hell of an imagination. You ought to write for the movies."
"Normally Garcia would have donated some appropriately lewd counterpunchline, but today all he offered was a polite chuckle."
"We need to talk," the detective said mildly. "See you in about thirty."
"He had come to like Skink and he hated the thought of him going to the gas chamber over a greedy sleazoid such as Lockhart, but murder was murder."
"This was good for a year's worth of gossip. Where were the pit bulls when you needed them?"
"When he awoke, Decker felt like somebody had screwed his skull on crookedly."
"Garcia could have sent only the green-and-whites, but Decker was a friend and this was serious business."
"Christ, what a day. It began when the Hialeah grave robbers struck again, swiping seven human skulls in a predawn raid on a city cemetery."
"He ordered six raw eggs and a string of pork sausages."
"Decker waited until both cops were out of the car, then he punched the accelerator and took off."
"There was also something powerfully attractive, even romantic, about avenging his brothers death."
"The trick is to find out where, because he sure as hell won't be coming your way."
"This won't work, not with him in the bathroom."
"You look positively beatific, Decker said. Pure as the driven snow."
"Cut the bullshit, pal, it's all right to be scared."
"I just want you to know, it wouldn't have been a mercy fuck. It would have been the real thing."
"I'll kill you, Miami, if this is a trap."
"I plan to let her go, in about five minutes." He didn't say where, on which side of the seam.
"Sure I can. It's none of your damn business who I am."
"Just one," Lanie said, moving in. "How about a kiss?"
"Oldest trick in the book," Skink had told the detective two nights before.
"She can put Tom Curl with Dickie Lockhart right before the murder."
"You bet your ass," Skink said, deviating slightly from the script.
"He's got enough money for ten of these speedboats."
"What's that, Scandinavian or something? Skink." Weeb frowned.
"I don't know," Gault said, "but I wish you'd be quiet."
"Sweet Jesus," Gault said. "Elaine, I've got it!"
"No fucking way," said Dennis. "This fish is mine."
"Attention, K-Mart shoppers! We've got a winner."
"Just one of those days," Fast Eddie mused, "when you feel like a spit-valve on the trombone of life."
"Confrontation," he declared, "is the essence of nature!"
"In nature violence is pure and purposeful, one species against another in an act of survival!"
"You don't understand! Do you love this man? Then make him understand. It's my fault."