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Considering what Pauline's been through . . ." Will began, then stopped himself. "She's not very nice." "She's a cold-blooded bitch." "I'm surprised I haven't fallen in love with her." --
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Karin Slaughter |
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It's the truth. I'm sorry to be blunt about it, but girls don't like guys who are doormats. Especially pretty girls, because there's no novelty in it. Guys are hitting on them all of the time. They can't walk down the street or order a coffee or stand on a corner without some idiot making a comment about how attractive they are. And the women smile because it's easier than telling them to go fuck themselves. And less dangerous, because if a..
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Karin Slaughter |
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You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.
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Karin Slaughter |
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Because I said so." She paused again. "Sweetheart, I know you're an adult, but adults are like vampires. The older ones are much more powerful."
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Karin Slaughter |
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Everyone had a reason for everything they did, even if that reason was sometimes stupidity.
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Karin Slaughter |
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Nothing ever truly faded. Time only dulled the edges.
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Karin Slaughter |
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A man who has grown up in an orphanage cannot take a dog to the pound. Even if it is a Chihuahua.
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Karin Slaughter |
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Your mother and I had always been secretly pleased that you were so headstrong and passionate about your causes. Once you were gone, we understood that these were the qualities that painted young men as smart and ambitious and young women as trouble.
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Karin Slaughter |
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I've always preferred crazy to stupid. Stupid can break your heart
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Karin Slaughter |
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What a rapist takes from a woman is her future. The person she is going to become, who she is supposed to be, is gone. In many ways, it's worse than murder, because he has killed that potential person, eradicated that potential life, yet she still lives and breathes, and has to figure out another way to thrive.
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Karin Slaughter |
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a984475
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Optimism is a sliver of glass in your heart.
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Karin Slaughter |
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You can only make decisions with the information you have at the time
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Karin Slaughter |
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28d197b
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It is a father's job to love his daughter in the way that she needs to be loved.
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Karin Slaughter |
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Sara studied him. "Is that a Chihuahua behind your back?" "No, I'm just happy to see you" Sara gave him a confused smile, and he reluctantly showed her Betty."
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Karin Slaughter |
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sometimes, your world turns upside down, and you need somebody to show you how to walk on your hands before you can find your feet again.
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Karin Slaughter |
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I've got to figure out before I die whether I want to be happy or I want to be right.
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Karin Slaughter |
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It didn't take a Harvard economist to figure out that it'd be a hell of a lot cheaper spending money on helping keep kids safe when they were younger than it was to put them in jail when they were older. That was the American way, though. Spend a million dollars rescuing some kid who's fallen down a well, but God forbid you spend a hundred bucks up front to cap the well so the kid never falls down it in the first place.
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Karin Slaughter |
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cee7130
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Forever was never as long as you thought it was.
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Karin Slaughter |
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A trial is nothing but a competition to tell the best story. Whoever sways the jury wins the trial.
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Karin Slaughter |
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He always took lateness as being rude. It said to the other person that their time was more valuable than yours.
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Karin Slaughter |
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Her father always said that the price for hearing gossip was having someone else gossip about you.
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Karin Slaughter |
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Given enough idleness & time, she could talk herself into either loving or hating the man
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Karin Slaughter |
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You couldn't turn on the TV without hearing about the missing teenage girl. Sixteen years old. White. Middle class. Very pretty. No one ever seemed quite as outraged when an ugly woman went missing.
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Karin Slaughter |
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8bba2cb
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Anybody could be smart. It took a special somebody to be clever.
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Karin Slaughter |
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I can't--" Lena repeated. "I can't do it. I can't live without him." Sara gently pulled her hand away from Jared's. She smoothed down the sheet, tucked it in close around his side. She looked at Lena--really looked at her straight in the eye. "Good," Sara told her. "Now you know how it feels."
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Karin Slaughter |
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e5b1410
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Love doesn't keep you in a constant state of turmoil. It gives you peace.
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Karin Slaughter |
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a Democrat is a Republican who's been through the criminal justice system.
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Karin Slaughter |
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If you wanted to know shit about a woman, all you had to do was ask the woman who was pretending to be her friend.
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Karin Slaughter |
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he was about as forthcoming as an amnesiac with lockjaw.
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Karin Slaughter |
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You could only ever see a thing when you were standing outside of it.
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Karin Slaughter |
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There is kindness in so many unexpected places
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Karin Slaughter |
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In a rare moment of candor, he had once told her that being in a library was like sitting down at a table laid with all his favorite foods but not being able to eat any of them. And he hated himself for it.
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Karin Slaughter |
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Many people must have told you that you are lucky to be alive. I think you would have been lucky had you not been shot in the first place.
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Karin Slaughter |
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Having a teenager is like having a really, really shitty roommate. They eat all your food and steal your clothes and take money out of your purse and borrow your car without asking.
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Karin Slaughter |
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He said that children always have different parents, even in the same family.
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Karin Slaughter |
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I want you to know that this is what happens when you meet the person you are supposed to spend the rest of your life with: that restless feeling dissolves like butter.
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Karin Slaughter |
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There were a few things she knew about Will Trent. He was tall, at least six-three, with a runner's lean body and the most beautiful legs she had ever seen on a man. His mother had been killed when he was less than a year old. He'd grown up in a children's home and never been adopted. He was a special agent with the GBI. He was one of the smartest men she had ever met, and he was so dyslexic that, as far as she could tell, he read no higher..
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Karin Slaughter |
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Sweetheart, I know you're an adult, but adults are like vampires. The older ones are much more powerful.
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Karin Slaughter |
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bb2900b
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When somebody dies, you forget they're an asshole.
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Karin Slaughter |
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You don't understand how the world works. That there are consequences you can't predict. That bad choices, bad deeds, can corrupt you.
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Karin Slaughter |
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People did not change their basic, core personalities. Their values tended to stay the same.
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Karin Slaughter |
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She took him for granted sometimes. That was the luxury of a long marriage. But she knew that she loved him. She needed him. He was the anchor that kept her from drifting away.
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Karin Slaughter |
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He was playing chess and she was sucking at checkers.
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Karin Slaughter |
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Broken: Never underestimate the power of a shared history.
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Karin Slaughter |