Monday's quote

Los Angeles was the kind of place where everybody was from somewhere else and nobody really dropped anchor. It was a transient place. People drawn by the dream, people running from the nightmare. Twelve million people and all of them ready to make a break for it if necessary. Figuratively, literally, metaphorically -- any way you want to look at it-- everybody in L.A. keeps a bagged packed. Just in case.

-Micheal Connelly The Brass Verdict