Oh, it doesn't work at all. That's the problem! It's an endless, halting parade of inspections, bribes, and nonsense-but if you're aboard a Texas vessel, you'll find less inconvenience along the way." "It's because of their guns!" declared Mr. Henderson,… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
“She'd grown up believing in hell in an abstract nightmare way; but west Texas had given her something more concrete upon which to dread the afterlife.” — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
Sometimes, everyone is right. Not always and not even usually, but once in a while, everyone is right. — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
“I don’t see why not,” I all but snapped at him. “His body was experimented upon, and there are records of it. What else… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
I hate meeting new people even new clients who intend to give me money. I try to be pleasant but I'm not very good… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
“The sound came again. There was a whistle to it, and a moan. It was almost a hiss, and it could’ve been a strangled… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
“The captain strikes me as a competent officer, and competent officers are never given enough information to work with.” — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
It's funny what they say about men in uniform - how people think women just can't resist 'em. Fact is, I think we're just… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
“For just this moment, we have the closest thing to an advantage we're likely to get. And if we don't use it, we're gonna… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
I gave three quiet cheers for Minnesota. In Seattle a dusty inch of anything white and chilly means the city lapses into full-on panic… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
“He was carrying bulky loot; I could see it under his zipped-up sweater. And when I unzipped it with a one-handed rip, I saw… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
