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title: "2 Compelling Quotes By William Kent Krueger"
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> [Michael Koryta isn’t just one of the finest authors working in the crime genre today. He’s simply one of today’s finest authors, period. His stories are taut, compelling, and beautifully rendered. His understanding of human nature-the good, the evil, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kent-krueger/michael-koryta-isn-t-just-one-of-the-finest-authors-working-in-the/)

[William Kent Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kent-krueger/)

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> [Nicole Baart has written a novel that satisfies on every level. Sleeping In Eden is a compelling mystery, a tragic love story, a perceptive consideration of the callous whim of circumstance and, perhaps most important, a beautiful piece of prose.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kent-krueger/nicole-baart-has-written-a-novel-that-satisfies-on-every-level/)

[William Kent Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kent-krueger/)

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## Other authors on Compelling

## More by William Kent Krueger

> [“Once someone's dead, being sorry doesn't cut it. If you hit a man, you can apologize. If you destroy his property, you can pay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kent-krueger/once-someone-s-dead-being-sorry-doesn-t-cut-it-if-you-hit-a-man-you/)

[William Kent Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kent-krueger/)

> [“The devil's best defense is a person's disbelief in his existence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kent-krueger/the-devil-s-best-defense-is-a-person-s-disbelief-in-his-existence/)

[William Kent Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kent-krueger/)

> [“leaning hard into the wind in order to complete the job expected of him. He was an Eagle”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kent-krueger/leaning-hard-into-the-wind-in-order-to-complete-the-job-expected-of/)

[William Kent Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kent-krueger/)

> [“Sam's Place had never felt so empty. He suspected the emptiness was not in the old Quonset hut; it was in him. There was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kent-krueger/sam-s-place-had-never-felt-so-empty-he-suspected-the-emptiness-was/)

[William Kent Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kent-krueger/)

> [The dead are never far from us. They're in our hearts and on our minds and in the end all that separates us from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kent-krueger/the-dead-are-never-far-from-us-they-re-in-our-hearts-and-on-our-minds/)

[William Kent Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kent-krueger/)

> [“I watched the storm as I might have watched the approach and passing of a fierce and beautiful animal. The”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kent-krueger/i-watched-the-storm-as-i-might-have-watched-the-approach-and-passing/)

[William Kent Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kent-krueger/)

> [“preferred the more informal service of the Methodists to the religious rigor of the Lutherans, who were as ubiquitous in Minnesota as ragweed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kent-krueger/preferred-the-more-informal-service-of-the-methodists-to-the/)

[William Kent Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kent-krueger/)

> [“The things that ask the most of us are the things most worth having.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kent-krueger/the-things-that-ask-the-most-of-us-are-the-things-most-worth-having/)

[William Kent Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kent-krueger/)

> [“Far better, I believe, to be like children and open ourselves to every beautiful possibility, for there is nothing our hearts can imagine that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kent-krueger/far-better-i-believe-to-be-like-children-and-open-ourselves-to-every/)

[William Kent Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kent-krueger/)

> [ “Do you believe in God?" St. Kawasaki looked amused. "Hell of a question to ask a priest." \[...\] "I'm asking because I've been a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kent-krueger/do-you-believe-in-god-st-kawasaki-looked-amused-hell-of-a-question-to/)

[William Kent Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kent-krueger/)

> [“Cork wished there were a forecast for his spirit. He felt the dark and the cold penetrating deep in him. He wondered when there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kent-krueger/cork-wished-there-were-a-forecast-for-his-spirit-he-felt-the-dark-and/)

[William Kent Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kent-krueger/)

> [“The bottom line was that people who leaned too heavily on someone else were setting themselves up for a terrible fall, and they had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kent-krueger/the-bottom-line-was-that-people-who-leaned-too-heavily-on-someone/)

[William Kent Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kent-krueger/)

> [“She sang slowly and richly and delivered the heart of that great spiritual as if she was delivering heaven itself and her face was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kent-krueger/she-sang-slowly-and-richly-and-delivered-the-heart-of-that-great/)

[William Kent Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kent-krueger/)

> [“Closing her eyes, she began to let herself dream. Not sleep dreaming, but dreaming of how her life might be. It was a thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kent-krueger/closing-her-eyes-she-began-to-let-herself-dream-not-sleep-dreaming/)

[William Kent Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kent-krueger/)

> [“He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain, which cannot forget, falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kent-krueger/he-who-learns-must-suffer-and-even-in-our-sleep-pain-which-cannot/)

[William Kent Krueger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kent-krueger/)

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