339 Quotes by Karin Slaughter

It is a father’s job to love his daughter in the way that she needs to be loved.

Sometimes, even if you know the answer, you’ve got to let the other person take a shot. If they feel wrong all the time, they never get the chance to feel right.

I still want it to die. Like immediately. With fire.

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.

He felt about as useless as a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest.

Please know I worked very hard to make sure everyone – no matter race, religion, creed, gender, or national origin – was equally maligned.

All the sneakiness her sister had exhibited as a child had been honed to adult perfection, so that Claire could be standing right in front of an oncoming train and still insist that everything was going to be fine.

Did you know that Bayer used to own the trademark for heroin?” She shook her head at the subterfuge. “The aspirin company?” “They lost the trademark after World War I. It’s in the Treaty of Versailles.” “You learn something new every day.” “Sears used to sell preloaded syringes of heroin in their catalogue. A buck fifty for two.

Dee came out of her room and gave Lydia the greatest gift a teenage daughter can ever give her mother: she had agreed with her.