339 Quotes by Karin Slaughter

Remember – the Devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

People did not change their basic, core personalities. Their values tended to stay the same.

As Kate had told her Oma the night before, there was no society more viciously controlled by rumor than your local police force.

You can’t light a match, then act surprised when your house burns down.

Ultimately, I’m in control of what’s going on in the books, so I can back off, if it’s scaring me too much.

Keeping libraries open, giving access to all children to all books is vital to our nation’s sovereignty.

Inside, he had forgotten what it was like to hear a woman’s voice, listen to the sort of complaints that only women could have. Bad haircuts. Rude store clerks. Chipped nails. Men wanted to talk about things: cars, guns, snatch. They didn’t discuss their feelings unless it was anger, and even that didn’t last for long because generally they started doing something about it.

First you must have the images. Then come the words.” – Robert James Waller.

Your mother was not surprised to hear me say this. This was a time when the pendulum of hope still swung back and forth between us, so that some days she took to her bed with sorrow and some days she came home from the store with a shirt or a sweater or a pair of jeans that she would give you when you returned home to us.