339 Quotes by Karin Slaughter

I’ve got to figure out before I die whether I want to be happy or I want to be right.

You can only make decisions with the information you have at the time.

Jeffrey never understood how people could think a dead person was just sleeping. Death changed the air, charged it with something thick and unsettling.

Dogs are stupid,” Rusty said. “This is a known fact. But a cat – you have to earn a cat’s respect every single day of your life. You lose it and – ” He snapped his fingers. “That’s what your mama was to me. She was my cat. She kept my compass pointing true north.

Yeah?” “I miss the way you taste.” She tried to sound bored. “It’s still Colgate.” “That’s not the taste I was talking about.

It was odd how you could love something so much, but forget about it when it wasn’t right under your nose.

Rick shuffled through the cards again. “Where is the tallest mountain on earth?” Lydia put her hand over her eyes so she could concentrate. “You said tallest, not highest elevation, so it can’t be Everest.” She made some thinking noises that caused the dogs to stir. The cat started making biscuits on her stomach. She could hear the clock ticking in the kitchen. Finally, Rick said, “Think ukulele.” She peeked through her fingers. “Hawaii?” “Mauna Kea.

The world stops for you when you’re pretty. That’s why women spend billions on crap for their faces. Their whole life, they’re the center of attention. People want to be around them just because they’re attractive.

He talked about how people always obsess about lies. Damn lies, But no one really understands that the real danger is truth.