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> [“The boys quiet until Ben looks across the table at Chon, holds his thumb and index finger a millimeter apart, and says,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/the-boys-quiet-until-ben-looks-across-the-table-at-chon-holds-his/)

[Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/)

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> [“In his mind’s eye, though, he sees— —Taliban moving like scorpions across a similar landscape his own caravan blown to shit blood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/in-his-mind-s-eye-though-he-sees-taliban-moving-like-scorpions-across/)

[Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/)

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> [“He feels ennui depression adrift in his life. Purposeless, perhaps because —dig a well in the Sudan and thejanjaweed come in and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/he-feels-ennui-depression-adrift-in-his-life-purposeless-perhaps/)

[Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/)

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## More by Don Winslow

> [There are various kinds of savagery: emotional, spiritual, economic, and cultural savagery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/there-are-various-kinds-of-savagery-emotional-spiritual-economic-and/)

[Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/)

> [“We proclaimed the freedom of the individual, bought and drove millions of cars to prove it, built more roads for the cars to drive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/we-proclaimed-the-freedom-of-the-individual-bought-and-drove-millions/)

[Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/)

> [We need to do something about gun violence in America. But every time one of these things happen, we say the same thing, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/we-need-to-do-something-about-gun-violence-in-america-but-every-time/)

[Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/)

> [And the most dangerous place on earth - Is where you’re safe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/and-the-most-dangerous-place-on-earth-is-where-you-re-safe/)

[Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/)

> [So I thought I should write five pages a day. And that's what I did. Eventually I had a book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/so-i-thought-i-should-write-five-pages-a-day-and-that-s-what-i-did/)

[Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/)

> [I used to joke that my next book would be about puppies that have lost a chew toy, and everywhere they went, people were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/i-used-to-joke-that-my-next-book-would-be-about-puppies-that-have/)

[Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/)

> [I was a safari guide in the 1980s in Kenya.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/i-was-a-safari-guide-in-the-1980s-in-kenya/)

[Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/)

> [Bookstores never seem to know where to put me on the shelves. But I do. I love my genre and I love those writers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/bookstores-never-seem-to-know-where-to-put-me-on-the-shelves-but-i-do/)

[Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/)

> [Shane Salerno and I adapted my book Savages together, and I learned a lot about adaptation. I think it's an extremely difficult thing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/shane-salerno-and-i-adapted-my-book-savages-together-and-i-learned-a/)

[Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/)

> [I've been writing since I was six years old. It's hard to imagine stopping. I would hate to think that I've already written my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/i-ve-been-writing-since-i-was-six-years-old-it-s-hard-to-imagine/)

[Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/)

> [I lived in mafia neighborhoods off and on when I was a kid. If you were in Little Italy, in East Harlem, in Brooklyn...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/i-lived-in-mafia-neighborhoods-off-and-on-when-i-was-a-kid-if-you/)

[Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/)

> [“Hell isn't having no choice. It's having to make a choice between horrific things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/hell-isn-t-having-no-choice-it-s-having-to-make-a-choice-between/)

[Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/)

> [Producing words isn't a problem for me. And I usually write two books at a time. When one horse gets winded, you jump on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/producing-words-isn-t-a-problem-for-me-and-i-usually-write-two-books/)

[Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/)

> [I think people will be surprised at some of the things about the shootings by policemen of unarmed African-American men. But I also think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/i-think-people-will-be-surprised-at-some-of-the-things-about-the/)

[Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/)

> [“There are the gods of place and the gods of commerce, and if you have to bet who’s going to win out, put your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-winslow/there-are-the-gods-of-place-and-the-gods-of-commerce-and-if-you-have/)

[Don Winslow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-winslow/)

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