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> [“The bottom line was that people who leaned too heavily on someone else were setting themselves up for a terrible fall, and they had no one to blame in the end but themselves for the hurt they suffered. Cork 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/)

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> [ “He'd \[Cork\] learned early not to invest a lot of emotion in thinking about the truth in a crime. As a cop, he'd gathered evidfence that had been used to guess at the truth, but in the end responsibility for… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kent-krueger/he-d-cork-learned-early-not-to-invest-a-lot-of-emotion-in-thinking/)

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

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## 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/)

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