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Top 25 C.J. Box Quotes (2025 Update)

C.J. Box Quote: “I know Edmond Locard’s Principle, the central theory of modern forensic crime-scene investigation: something is always left behind.”

1. “I know Edmond Locard’s Principle, the central theory of modern forensic crime-scene investigation: something is always left behind.”

C.J. Box Quote: “There aren’t four seasons in Rocky Mountains, but three: summer, winter, and mud.”

2. “There aren’t four seasons in Rocky Mountains, but three: summer, winter, and mud.”

C.J. Box Quote: “Yellowstone, a place so special and awe-inspiring that after exploring it in 1871, the Hayden Expedition conceived of the original concept of the world’s first national park – a set-aside of 2. 2 million acres containing more than ten thousand thermal features, canyons, waterfalls, and wildlife – so no man or corporation could ever own it.”

3. “Yellowstone, a place so special and awe-inspiring that after exploring it in 1871, the Hayden Expedition conceived of the original concept of the world’s first national park – a set-aside of 2. 2 million acres containing more than ten thousand thermal features, canyons, waterfalls, and wildlife – so no man or corporation could ever own it.”

C.J. Box Quote: “Pronghorn antelope were the second fastest mammals on earth – only an African cheetah could outrun them.”

4. “Pronghorn antelope were the second fastest mammals on earth – only an African cheetah could outrun them.”

C.J. Box Quote: “Jim Harrison’s novels, John McPhee’s nonfiction, Flannery O’Connor’s short stories, and the crime novels of John Sandford, Ken Bruen, and T. Jefferson Parker. His books.”

5. “Jim Harrison’s novels, John McPhee’s nonfiction, Flannery O’Connor’s short stories, and the crime novels of John Sandford, Ken Bruen, and T. Jefferson Parker. His books.”

C.J. Box Quote: “The relationship between a father and his daughters, Joe had discovered, was a remarkably powerful thing. They looked to him to accomplish greatness; they expected it as a matter of course because he was their dad and therefore a great man.”

6. “The relationship between a father and his daughters, Joe had discovered, was a remarkably powerful thing. They looked to him to accomplish greatness; they expected it as a matter of course because he was their dad and therefore a great man.”

C.J. Box Quote: “Twilight in the mountains brought a special kind of cold. It crept out from the darkness of the lodgepole pine forest where it had spent the daylight hours and it slithered across the top of the snow to sting every inch of exposed human skin. Sounds became sharper and the snow itself became a different texture that squeaked like nails on a chalkboard with every footfall.”

7. “Twilight in the mountains brought a special kind of cold. It crept out from the darkness of the lodgepole pine forest where it had spent the daylight hours and it slithered across the top of the snow to sting every inch of exposed human skin. Sounds became sharper and the snow itself became a different texture that squeaked like nails on a chalkboard with every footfall.”

C.J. Box Quote: “A Wyoming vegetarian is someone who only eats meat once a day.”

8. “A Wyoming vegetarian is someone who only eats meat once a day.”

C.J. Box Quote: “We’re bringing good little people into the world who have a mom and a dad who care about them and love them. They know right from wrong because their parents teach them which is which, and because their parents live by example. Somewhere, there is a reward for us, Joe. We need to believe that. We won’t just be abandoned.”

9. “We’re bringing good little people into the world who have a mom and a dad who care about them and love them. They know right from wrong because their parents teach them which is which, and because their parents live by example. Somewhere, there is a reward for us, Joe. We need to believe that. We won’t just be abandoned.”

C.J. Box Quote: “Like most men, he had a tough time believing that his wife had had any kind of interesting life before she met him. Which was ridiculous on its face.”

10. “Like most men, he had a tough time believing that his wife had had any kind of interesting life before she met him. Which was ridiculous on its face.”

C.J. Box Quote: “I’ve come to realize something that for three weeks in my life I’d begun to doubt: There are good people in the world. Good people, kind people. xxx They all could have chosen to be cold, cruel, indifferent. That would have been easy. Brutality, I think, comes naturally to human beings. But they chose to be good, even if what they did could be questioned within the strict confines of the law.”

11. “I’ve come to realize something that for three weeks in my life I’d begun to doubt: There are good people in the world. Good people, kind people. xxx They all could have chosen to be cold, cruel, indifferent. That would have been easy. Brutality, I think, comes naturally to human beings. But they chose to be good, even if what they did could be questioned within the strict confines of the law.”

C.J. Box Quote: “So it was a two ear confession. Those are the best kind you know. The most reliable.”

12. “So it was a two ear confession. Those are the best kind you know. The most reliable.”

C.J. Box Quote: “In Wyoming, the people owned the game animals, and they took their ownership to heart.”

13. “In Wyoming, the people owned the game animals, and they took their ownership to heart.”

C.J. Box Quote: “Wyomingites, Joe had observed, didn’t know what to do when it rained except get out of it, watch it through the window, and wait for it to go away.”

14. “Wyomingites, Joe had observed, didn’t know what to do when it rained except get out of it, watch it through the window, and wait for it to go away.”

C.J. Box Quote: “River cottonwoods were so drunk with color the leaves hurt his eyes.”

15. “River cottonwoods were so drunk with color the leaves hurt his eyes.”

C.J. Box Quote: “It’s not like our laws are moral codes – they’re just a set of rules dreamed up by politicians to keep themselves in power and placate their contributors.”

16. “It’s not like our laws are moral codes – they’re just a set of rules dreamed up by politicians to keep themselves in power and placate their contributors.”

C.J. Box Quote: “Hypothermia was curling back its lips and exposing its sharp teeth.”

17. “Hypothermia was curling back its lips and exposing its sharp teeth.”

C.J. Box Quote: “Joe nodded. “We’re required to report bullet wounds.”

18. “Joe nodded. “We’re required to report bullet wounds.”

C.J. Box Quote: “The headless trunk was discovered impaled on a metal fencepost on the edge of the town park.”

19. “The headless trunk was discovered impaled on a metal fencepost on the edge of the town park.”

C.J. Box Quote: “Are you on the scene?”

20. “Are you on the scene?”

C.J. Box Quote: “Her nightmares came from what she saw and experienced when the door had opened to reveal evil and violence that until that trip had been closed to her. Now she knew what some people – despite their manner and packaging – were capable of. It still shook her to her core.”

21. “Her nightmares came from what she saw and experienced when the door had opened to reveal evil and violence that until that trip had been closed to her. Now she knew what some people – despite their manner and packaging – were capable of. It still shook her to her core.”

C.J. Box Quote: “Every place in West, it seemed, was always for sale.”

22. “Every place in West, it seemed, was always for sale.”

C.J. Box Quote: “I’ll tell anyone who will listen,” he said softly. “What I can’t figure out is why everybody doesn’t do it. Look for the best, I mean. It’s easy, and it makes life go easier.”

23. “I’ll tell anyone who will listen,” he said softly. “What I can’t figure out is why everybody doesn’t do it. Look for the best, I mean. It’s easy, and it makes life go easier.”

C.J. Box Quote: “Do you think that the day you stop listening to new music is the day you decide you’re on the path to old age? Like you’ve given up on new stuff and you resign yourself to music you’ve already heard? Like you’re through discovering and all you want to do is rummage through your old things?”

24. “Do you think that the day you stop listening to new music is the day you decide you’re on the path to old age? Like you’ve given up on new stuff and you resign yourself to music you’ve already heard? Like you’re through discovering and all you want to do is rummage through your old things?”

C.J. Box Quote: “I wish you had.”

25. “I wish you had.”

C.J. Box Quote: “Joe had always considered individual words as finite units of currency, and he believed in savings.”

26. “Joe had always considered individual words as finite units of currency, and he believed in savings.”

C.J. Box Quote: “Joe rarely found a reason to draw his weapon, and even if he did, he doubted he could hit anything with it. Joe was a notoriously bad pistol shot at any range, the worst in his class.”

27. “Joe rarely found a reason to draw his weapon, and even if he did, he doubted he could hit anything with it. Joe was a notoriously bad pistol shot at any range, the worst in his class.”

C.J. Box Quote: “Cassie once overheard a well-known mystery writer pontificate from his corner bar stool in Missoula, attempting to woo a young female grad student. The author, who looked like a cross between a buffalo and a walrus, said, “In Missoula if you throw a stick you’ll hit a goddam writer. I wish more people would throw sticks.”

28. “Cassie once overheard a well-known mystery writer pontificate from his corner bar stool in Missoula, attempting to woo a young female grad student. The author, who looked like a cross between a buffalo and a walrus, said, “In Missoula if you throw a stick you’ll hit a goddam writer. I wish more people would throw sticks.”

C.J. Box Quote: “Are you okay?” she asked. “You seem just a tad distracted,” she said in a mischievous way. “My dad would have said you are jumping around like a fart in a skillet.”

29. “Are you okay?” she asked. “You seem just a tad distracted,” she said in a mischievous way. “My dad would have said you are jumping around like a fart in a skillet.”

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