"Michael Koryta is an amazingly talented writer, and I rank The Prophet as one of the sharpest and superbly plotted crime novels I've read in my life."

-- Donald Ray Pollock

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“We're working on being consistently in the top 10, top 12 and getting ready for next year's Chase. We need the make the Chase and one way we need to do it is to be consistent and starting running in the top 12.”
“For the love of God, will someone please punch me in the face so I can see some stars?”
“Self-esteem comes from the self, not from acquisitions and approval.”
“You know you've got problems when your head is hanging over the toilet, puking up your dinner, and what you're thinking of is your dad. And how he thinks you're not pretty.”
“I can't edit the materials I work with. My remit is to work with nature as a whole. I find nature as a whole disturbing. Nature can be harsh â€“ difficult and brutal, as well as beautiful. You couldn't walk five minutes from here without coming across something that is dead or decaying.”
“Russian is such a tough and complex language that I am happy enough to understand everything and read most things pretty well, but, without constant practice, my speech is not what I wish it was, and I would sooner write in crayon than write a letter in Russian.”
“The mass media in the days of newspapers and television it's hard to be able to find a story that's about just what you're interested in at the time you're interested in it.”
“Even when I was saying I was Agnostic and trying to figure out my thoughts, I felt God was allowing me to do that.”

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