--- title: "2 Cops Quotes By Richard Price" description: "2 Cops quotes by Richard Price. Plus more from Richard Price and more Cops sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/richard-price-14327_control_his-voice-was-languidly-dense-as-if-he-w_426976.jpg" --- > [“His voice was languidly dense, as if he was a little slow on the uptake, but Strike knew that tone came from the man's feeling of complete control.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/his-voice-was-languidly-dense-as-if-he-was-a-little-slow-on-the/) [Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/richard-price-14327_control_his-voice-was-languidly-dense-as-if-he-w_426976.jpg) > [“But then something happened, Ray, something amazing. Something... "That white cop sitting next to me? He took a long look at my mother when she came in, just like, absorbed her, and then without even turning to me, he just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/but-then-something-happened-ray-something-amazing-something-that/) [Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/richard-price-14327_cops_but-then-something-happened-ray-somethin_1104984.jpg) ## Other authors on Cops - [Steven Magee 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cops/steven-magee/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-edward-conlon-31738.jpg) Edward Conlon 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cops/edward-conlon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-don-winslow-29925.jpg) Don Winslow 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cops/don-winslow/) ## More by Richard Price > [I have offices all over the place and I avoid work everywhere. I don't like to write - I like to be finished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/i-have-offices-all-over-the-place-and-i-avoid-work-everywhere-i-don-t/) [Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/) > [Writers spend three years rearranging 26 letters of the alphabet. It's enough to make you lose your mind day by day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/writers-spend-three-years-rearranging-26-letters-of-the-alphabet-it-s/) [Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/) > [“almost nobody made it out of the game in one piece, and almost everybody thought they would be the exception.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/almost-nobody-made-it-out-of-the-game-in-one-piece-and-almost/) [Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/) > [“On the nights they went to bed at the same time, Rocco would lie there and watch her go to the closet, watch her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/on-the-nights-they-went-to-bed-at-the-same-time-rocco-would-lie-there/) [Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/) > [“His voice was languidly dense, as if he was a little slow on the uptake, but Strike knew that tone came from the man's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/his-voice-was-languidly-dense-as-if-he-was-a-little-slow-on-the/) [Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/) > [“It was time to chuck this life, with its Jo-Jos and Rodneys, its bloody burning children and walking-dead parents, just kick dirt over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/it-was-time-to-chuck-this-life-with-its-jo-jos-and-rodneys-its-bloody/) [Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/) > [If I can tell you the story from beginning to end in five minutes, I'm ready to start writing. Then it's a constant spreading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/if-i-can-tell-you-the-story-from-beginning-to-end-in-five-minutes-i-m/) [Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/) > [I write because I write - as anyone in the arts does. You're a painter because you feel you have no choice but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/i-write-because-i-write-as-anyone-in-the-arts-does-you-re-a-painter/) [Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/) > [And what is the religion of many persons but a kind of demonism that delights in human sacrifices and causes them to look with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/and-what-is-the-religion-of-many-persons-but-a-kind-of-demonism-that/) [Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/) > [“In the beginning - not now, thank God - Patty was always sharing the important books of her life with him, like Black Elk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/in-the-beginning-not-now-thank-god-patty-was-always-sharing-the/) [Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/) > [You don't write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid's burnt socks lying in the road.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/you-don-t-write-about-the-horrors-of-war-no-you-write-about-a-kid-s/) [Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/) > [I don't need all that much - I just need to know who my characters are and what kind of jam they're going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/i-don-t-need-all-that-much-i-just-need-to-know-who-my-characters-are/) [Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/) > [I started thinking about my relationship with my students; I'm this guy who comes in from book - and movie - land and descends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/i-started-thinking-about-my-relationship-with-my-students-i-m-this/) [Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/) > [I write because I can't imagine not writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/i-write-because-i-can-t-imagine-not-writing/) [Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/) > [I do small cameos here and there but nothing that requires more than a paragraph of talking, because I'm just an amateur. The movie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/i-do-small-cameos-here-and-there-but-nothing-that-requires-more-than/) [Richard Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-price/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cops/richard-price/#itemlist", "name": "2 Cops Quotes By Richard Price", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“His voice was languidly dense, as if he was a little slow on the uptake, but Strike knew that tone came from the man's feeling of complete control.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Price" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-price/his-voice-was-languidly-dense-as-if-he-was-a-little-slow-on-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/richard-price-14327_control_his-voice-was-languidly-dense-as-if-he-w_426976.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/richard-price-14327_control_his-voice-was-languidly-dense-as-if-he-w_426976.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/richard-price-14327_control_his-voice-was-languidly-dense-as-if-he-w_426976.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“His voice was languidly dense, as if he was a little slow on the uptake, but Strike knew that tone came from…” — Richard Price", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But then something happened, Ray, something amazing. 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