Quotes from Ace Atkins

The first thing you want to do after being shot is make sure you are not shot again.

He kept most of his guns in a

we uncovered something darker and more sinister, a true meditation on today's society. What do we value? Lies or facts. Posturing or morality.

I have not forgotten about the REO Speedwagon incident. No more of that. Never.

and said, "Yes, ma'am.

I pull alongside him," Hawk said. "And you roll down the window. Ask that motherfucker if he got any Grey Poupon." "I was thinking the exact same thing," I said. "Or perhaps we discreetly tail him hither and yon to find a good place for a proper introduction.

Jean made the seventies seem like some weird, mystical time, like a Redneck Camelot.

Most folks didn't like Skinner. And those who did called him an acquired taste. Like sardines. Or the music of Jim Nabors.

In the doorframe stood Gus T. Jones and another old man, carrying a six-shooter. Jones looked at the scene, his mouth downturned like it was the sorriest goddamn thing he'd ever witnessed. He shook his head with pity for all the weakness in the world, removed his hat, and said, "I sure hope we're not interrupting anything.

45-millimeter bullet,

Like working out, the first rule of success was just showing up.

The whole thing didn't seem to bother Geraline but rattled poor Lang so bad that the little girl had to hold his cigarette while he lit it. She even told Lang he didn't have the nerves for gangster work.

Kathryn nodded. "She was mean to Chingy." "That goddamn rat shit on her Oriental rug." "It was an ugly rug.

door. The ceiling was wire mesh, and I could see most of the space in the unit was wide open. There was a folding table set up in the center of the unit. One folding chair and several boxes off to one corner. Garner pulled out a big section of what looked to be poster board with several clamps on each corner. He set the boards down on the folding table and began to unsnap the clamps, finally pulling the top layer of the boards off and revealing a painting. The light wasn't the best in

Jon searched behind him and he

The Kid made a pass at Vi," Miller said, staring straight ahead. His blue eyes like ice. "He told her he'd like to place his pecker right between her titties and ride her like a mule." "The Kid said that?" Harvey asked, lighting up a Chesterfield and fanning out the match. "I don't even know what that means. 'Like a mule'?

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.' " "I figured you'd be in.