Dead Man Walking Quotes.

1. "Secret agents gossip like schoolgirls. Just because they know they shouldn’t. Parker"
- Simon R. Green, Dead Man Walking

2. "He could spend years eating away at us from the inside. As a sleeper, a saboteur, an assassin …’ ‘So,’ I said. ‘No pressure, then.’ ‘Are you sure you don’t want me to kill Mr Parker?’ said MacKay. ‘It wouldn’t be any bother.’ ‘No,’ I said firmly."
- Simon R. Green, Dead Man Walking

3. "Paranoid? Why do you want to know?"
- Simon R. Green, Dead Man Walking

4. "But watch where you step, I don’t want any clues trampled on.’ ‘I will trample on your soft and delicate bits if you patronize me again,’ said Penny. I looked at MacKay. ‘It’s true. She would."
- Simon R. Green, Dead Man Walking

5. "You can learn all kinds of useful things at a really good finishing school,’ she said. ‘So don’t try anything like that again, or I will show you the special ball-breaking kick the nuns taught me at St Theresa’s School for Exemplary Youngsters."
- Simon R. Green, Dead Man Walking

6. "Why did you bring Penny to Ringstone Lodge?’ Hayley said flatly. ‘What purpose does she serve?’ ‘I am decorative and functional,’ Penny said sweetly. ‘I can do many things, including brightening a room just by being in it.’ ‘It’s true,’ I said. ‘You’d be amazed what she can do."
- Simon R. Green, Dead Man Walking

7. "Of course you do,’ I said. ‘If you’re very good, I’ll let you punch him in the head as well.’ ‘You spoil me,’ said Penny."
- Simon R. Green, Dead Man Walking

8. "There’s something up ahead,’ I said. ‘Something really bad.’ ‘So of course we’re heading straight for it,’ said Penny. ‘At some point, we’re going to have to sit down and have a serious talk about making better lifestyle decisions."
- Simon R. Green, Dead Man Walking

9. "What is a cynic after all, except a disappointed idealist? People"
- Simon R. Green, Dead Man Walking

10. "Who killed this man [Patrick Sonnier]? Nobody. Everybody can argue that he or she was just doing a job - the governor, the warden, the head of the Department of Corrections, the district attorney, the judge, the jury, the Pardon Board, the witnesses to the execution. Nobody feels personally responsible for the death of this man. (p. 101)"
- Helen Prejean, Dead Man Walking