Quotes from Rebecca Forster

Crime was like litter tossed on the highway: once it was shoved out the window the only ones who cared were the ones close to where it landed.

I had to figure out if I was happier being with a live woman or living with the memories of a dead one.

She had learned that evil had the fattest wallet and most chaste face of all.

The truth was that sometimes saving people wasn't simple, sometimes saviors weren't who you expected them to be, all people don't get saved, and not everyone deserved to be saved.

of the ocean and the sound of the water lapping

perpetual pain, or ecstasy, depending on one's point of view. Josie

Today California buried Supreme Court Justice, Fritz Rayburn. Governor Joe Davidson delivered the eulogy calling the judge a friend, a confidant, and his brother in service to the great state of California.

A little gift from her mother who made Linda what she was –a damn survivor.

You worked with what you had, you did what you could, and you made choices based on need.

people wasn't simple, sometimes saviors weren't who you expected them to be, all people don't get saved, and not everyone deserved to be saved.

Never count on anybody for too much.

broken things can be mended, but there is always a scar.

The truth was that sometimes saving people wasn't simple, sometimes saviors weren't who you expected them to be, all people don't get saved, and not everyone deserved to be saved.

No human being could live forever in the shadowy land of worry or carry the burden of righteousness every waking moment

Children were hard to deal with; children who were on the verge of adulthood must be the hardest of all. Maybe she'd been too difficult for Emily, and that was a sad thought. "I

What Josie had found amusing, exciting and exotic as a girl, she now recognized as nothing more than the underpinnings of Linda's selfishness, arrogance and greed. Linda had burst into Josie's life again, and pulled her into this rollercoaster of a ride. She had been stronger than Josie that night. Now Josie had stepped out of the car and onto the platform. She could see the trajectory of that rollercoaster and knew where it had to stop.

Every time I try to play by rules I get smashed into the ground.

Now Josie knew she kept them to remind her that broken things can be mended, but there is always a scar.

But love him? No. She was broken somewhere inside. She couldn't love like other people.

prurient interest.

They would drift away like people did if there was nothing to tie them down or hold them steady.

Twirling the Jeep into the drive, Josie stopped next to a Mercedes.

He stared at Hannah as if he owned her. Voices were raised somewhere else. The man didn't seem to notice. He just looked at Hannah until she yelled 'go away' and threw the small, hard pillow at him. He didn't even laugh at that

Today California buried Supreme Court Justice, Fritz Rayburn. Governor Joe Davidson delivered the eulogy calling the judge a friend, a confidant, and his brother in service to the great state of California. The governor cited Fritz Rayburn as a man of extraordinary integrity who relentlessly pursued justice, continually uplifted those in need and, above all, protected those who were powerless.