Quotes from Gregg Hurwitz

Then he was silent. Just like last time—one outburst and back to silence or dispassionate interaction.

His pleasures now were simple. Using his skills to help those not merely in need but also worthy. And sipping sparkling water alfresco on a glorious California night.

No one cares. If you don't exist, then it doesn't matter, right? Evan

There was a cheapness to the killing; it lacked righteousness. It was like gaining a fortune through inheritance. Lane

Allander continued, his words taking on the color of a rant. "Your educators will embark with you on a supposed journey for the truth, but they'll deceive you. They'll say things that mean nothing—they always do—and you'll be forced to nod and agree as if they're profound.

What had he hoped for back then? What kind of future had he dreamed of when he'd stared up at the lightning-fork crack in the ceiling?

Having whistled his way well into the recapitulation, he turned and headed toward the bus station.

The woman's form under the blankets was barely visible from the doorway, yet Allander could sense the inconsistency of her femininity. It scared him, the inconsistency. It always had.

Expert witnesses are like whores, but more expensive." Rayner

he didn't drink to numb his senses. He drank to try to cleanse himself from the inside out. He pressed

Some of us are just better at nodding along to the music we're supposed to be hearing. From 'Or She Dies'.

Follow your dreams, they say. But what no one ever tells you is what you have to give up in the process. The sacrifices. The thousand ways your life can go to hell while you keep your eyes on the horizon, waiting for that sun to rise. From 'Or She Dies'.

When was the last time I'd been the centre of anyone's attention? From 'Or She Dies'.

We live in a celebrity culture now. Or a wannabe-celebrity culture. The name of the game is visibility. If you aren't tweeted, liked, YouTubed, or Instagrammed, you don't exist.

What I had was more than anyone could ask for, but I couldn't figure out how to inhabit it again. From 'Or She Dies'.

Suspended in grief, I'd come unmoored from my senses. From 'Or She Dies'.

like a spinster aunt left out at a family reunion. From 'Or She Dies'.

I know how to handle stress better than that. Things have been good long enough that I forgot what it's like to be graceful when they're not.

Trying to convince himself that as a four-year-old boy he might have been something worth keeping.

The question struck him deep, in a place he'd kept insulated for so long he'd forgotten that it was vulnerable.

But he did show remorse," Travers said. "The posing of the bodies." "I don't think so. Remorseful killers usually cover the faces." "But not always." "But not always," Jade agreed. "I just don't think it fits. I think the positioning of the bodies mocks what he perceives to be the parents' hypocrisy. He left them as he sees them: blind to the truth, but going through the motions as if everything's all right.

Okay. Thomas. What was he like before his childhood incident?" Mr. Atlasia paused and cast the line of his memory back, disturbing still waters. Jade watched his face to see if he told everything that was dredged up.

He glanced at his watch. "I'm heading up to Ressler to interview the prison shrink." Travers was quiet. "I guess you can come," he said. "Just try not to talk too much." "Won't be hard with you around.

Never give up the personal—it will return as a weapon wielded against you. He