251 Quotes by Patricia Cornwell

I felt the emotion of the crime. It wasn’t anger. It was worse than that.

We create our own worlds. We destroy our own worlds. It is that simple...

My fans want me to talk to them. And even if they want to be critical, I want to hear what they’ve got to say.

In the animal kingdom, lions, tigers and bears – the predators – have closely spaced eyes. Giraffes, rabbits, doves – the preyed upon – have eyes more widely spaced and oriented toward the sides of their heads, because they need their peripheral vision to survive.

I constantly remind people that crime isn’t solved by technology; it’s solved by people.

That’s one of the perks if you’re sick. You already feel bad enough and then people make you feel worse because they don’t want to bother you.

Tactical engagement principle number one is if you don’t have a clear and decisive objective the operation becomes disconnected and unfocused.

I don’t do things that are illegal.

No, Lucy. Your mother doesn’t really love men. They are a symptom of her obsessive quest of finding somebody who will make her whole. She doesn’t understand that she has to make herself whole.