“because the beautiful way he speaks in public is just another cloak he wears to hide what lies beneath his skin,” — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
Any person who wants to govern the world is by definition the wrong person to do it. — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
Sooner or later. It had better be sooner. Later is like the horizon; it recedes as you approach. — Greg Iles Approach Copy Share Image
...the larger world lay not across oceans but within the human mind and heart. — Greg Iles Heart Copy Share Image
“Don’t keep a girl guessing too long, or she’ll find the answer somewhere else.” — Greg Iles Girl Copy Share Image
“Whenever life gets too good, whenever fate hands you something wonderful, something else gets taken away.” — Greg Iles Fate Copy Share Image
“A man lives morally all his life, then in one weak moment commits an act that damns him in his own eyes… — Greg Iles Freedom Copy Share Image
“searching, revealing nothing. A few heads in the audience turn to me, wondering who could possibly have upset the equilibrium of the” — Greg Iles Audience Copy Share Image
“Mississippi blood is different. It’s got some river in it. Delta soil, turpentine, asbestos, cotton poison. But there’s strength in it, too.… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
“There it was, the choice I’d confronted so often in life: the path of least resistance, or the walk over hot coals.” — Greg Iles Choice Copy Share Image
“Fate doesn’t let men choose their wars. Or even their battles, sometimes. But one resolute man can sometimes accomplish remarkable things against… — Greg Iles Destiny Copy Share Image
“that right meant more than might; that being faithful and good meant more than being rich; that honor superseded all.” — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
“I listened in amazement. You saw a face on an American street, or in an office, and you had no idea that… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
“Let me tell you a secret, Caitlin. We’re still in the cave. It’s just bigger, and we wear nicer clothes. We make… — Greg Iles Cave Copy Share Image
The thing about a small town is that there are people who just remember me as a musician, as a high school… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
Experiences are like hoarded gold. Whenever I dole out a piece of my private suffering, that is when I get letters from… — Greg Iles Gold Copy Share Image
“The temptation to second-guess is strong. But I must remember one thing. Life is simple. You are healthy or you are sick.… — Greg Iles Life Copy Share Image
“Because death is the end, and if a man doesn’t speak before it silences him, then the things he holds closest die… — Greg Iles Death Copy Share Image
“We're all terrified by rattlesnakes, but the spider we brush off our sleeve with hardly a thought is far more likely to… — Greg Iles Fear Copy Share Image
My father served as an Army doctor in West Germany in the late '50s and early '60s. As a result, he and… — Greg Iles Army Copy Share Image
All my books are an inquiry into the nature of evil. Why do good people do bad things? Are any human beings… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
“When we reach the intersection with Homochitto Street, I turn right, into town, and soon we’re passing Dunleith, the antebellum mansion that… — Greg Iles Gone with the wind Copy Share Image
When everything is at risk, good judgment, not haste, makes the difference between life and death. Panic is the enemy. — Greg Iles Anxiety Copy Share Image
Her touch was as knowing and confident as her eyes, and as she focused all her attention upon me, I remembered that… — Greg Iles Attention Copy Share Image
It was quite a blow to have my perfect image of my father shattered, but that's something we all face before we… — Greg Iles Adulthood Copy Share Image
