The Recovery Agent Quotes
"Sometimes it gave you an advantage to be underestimated."
"Her current job had checks in both boxes."
"The opportunity to visit the site of a lost city was irresistible."
"The truth is, the cat was terrifying. Magnificent, beautiful, and terrifying."
"She was well respected in her profession, but big paydays didn’t come along every day."
"She was possibly a descendant of the infamous pirate Blackbeard."
"It was a little after 9:00 p.m. when Gabriela climbed out of the motorized canoe and onto the dock at Nuevo Rocafuerte."
"She parked behind her dad’s truck and twenty minutes later she was at the small kitchen table with her mother and Grandma Fanny."
"She’d taken an evening flight out of South Carolina and let herself into her condo a little after midnight."
"Gabriela boarded a plane to St. Vincent. This is ridiculous, she told herself."
"It's a little bare-bones but it's comfortable and I like the location." - Gabriela
"Everyone has a gun in their credenza in New York." - Gabriela
"Do you have lighting in this tunnel?" - Gabriela
"We take the guns and get out of here." - Gabriela
"I'm looking forward to taking a shower and getting into clean clothes." - Gabriela
"I have the power of Supay. Do you dare to shoot the ring bearer?" - Gabriela
Because that’s what I do," Gabriela said. "I find things. I’m good at it.
"What the hell," Thompson said. "Do you want a cold brewski?"
"You’re going to help me find the treasure, and Mickey and I get to keep it all except for the ring?"
"In the absence of a pirate code, which doesn’t totally apply here, I propose we swear to be hearty fellas and abide by the agreement."
"You have a point," Rafer said. "No one wants to eat a vegetarian. Maybe with bacon and gravy."
"I’m guessing they’ll stay until daylight and do one last island sweep. When they can’t find us and Thompson can’t tell them where the treasure is, I’m hoping they’ll leave."
"That’s mine," Mickey said. "I take it everywhere. You get an enlarged prostate and you never want to be too far away from a jelly jar."
"This doesn’t mean much unless you know the area," Thompson said. "The island is small and kind of gets lost in a cluster of islands that are just offshore."
"I think today is the day," Thompson said.
"I thought the island would be smaller and easier to explore," she said. "It didn’t occur to me that it would be volcanic."
"It’s almost always better to be lucky than to be good."
"You’re right. I just needed a reminder."
"That’s because you know me. I’m superficially believable."
"It’s important to be able to find an exit if things don’t go down as planned."
"You have to give me more rope. I can’t climb the steps like this."
"I’m okay with an occasional breaking and entering for a legitimate cause."
"I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that."
"This is going to be a complete cluster—"
"You don’t need a plan when you have a grenade."