251 Quotes by Patricia Cornwell

Aggression is about competing. Competing for the male, for the female, competing for the person most fit for breeding. Competing for resources such as food and shelter. Competing for power, because without hierarchy there can’t be social order. In other words, aggression occurs when it’s profitable.

Shutting down is denial. When you deny the past, you will repeat it.

My niece has a habit of telling you she’s leaving after she’s already gone.

As is true with everything else, whatever can be used for good most assuredly will be used for evil.

Perhaps my greatest shame was that I could not show what I should, and I worried no one would ever know how much I cared. Crows.

I am a fan of Botox.

I am a journalist.

I've been stalked.