Quotes from J.A. Konrath

Happiness isn't about what you do, Jack. It's about how you feel about what you do.

Holly hit her head against the shelving unit, and I grabbed her hair and helped her hit her head two more times. There was no tae kwon do name for that maneuver, but it felt great.

You can leave a server a bad tip only when you've worked in a restaurant and know what it's like.

Fate is a future you didn't try hard enough ti change. If you want things to go your way, being smart and being strong are helpful, but you still have to work your ass off.

schoolchildren. Plus he has erectile dysfunction.

My next course of action was to take my phone off the hook, because I kept getting obnoxious messages along the lines of, "Where's that kidney?" and "You have to get to the hospital immediately!" and "He's dead.

If I recall, your weapon was dragging people behind your car for miles, then spraying them with lemon juice." "Organic lemon juice," Lucy corrected.

If you're stuck in hell, you might as well roast some marshmallows. Conversation,

Vicky cost the taxpayers sixty-five million dollars, and she couldn't predict the time an hour from now. I

People, even crazy, evil people, tended to believe they have a good reason for doing what they do. Though some consider religion the opiate of the masses, others use it to further their obsessions, or rationalize their crimes.

I'd had a few drinks and was hitting on a group of goth chicks wearing black and sporting big crucifixes.

I'd had a few drinks and was hitting on a group of goth chicks wearing black and sporting big crucifixes. I later found out they were nuns.

I know a place that serves great falafel." "Falafel?" "No, I don't feel awful." Herb grinned. "I feel pretty good.

What if I brought you éclairs?" Herb's anger subsided a tiny bit. "Did you bring éclairs?" "No. Because I know you don't have the will power to fight your diabetes on your own." The anger returned. "I don't have diabetes." "That's the diabetes talking. I can smell your blood sugar from here. Smells like Butterfingers." The

You act like you have a saggy diaper that leaks." "Maybe you need to take your Shut-The-Hell-Up pill.

HGH was responsible for human growth, and lack of it caused dwarfism, or too much of it caused NBA players.

Blake Crouch, Chicago's deputy chief, and says, "I don't know." Crouch resembles a mole, with a long, sharp nose and tiny black eyes.

Fate is a future you didn't try hard enough to change. If you want things to go your way, being smart and being strong are helpful, but you still have to work your ass off.

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I bent over to give my hair another shake, and glanced at my boots, along with the several dozen roaches climbing up them. Then I felt them inside the boots, between the suede and the naked skin of my calves. I

You're the total of all the choices you've made in your life, Jack. This is what you have because this is what you chose.

Thanks. Maybe we could discuss it over dinner." "Sure. I'll call you tomorrow, during dinner.

There's a difference between seeking the truth and being willfully ignorant,

Actually," Coursey lowered his voice an octave, "we've been informed by Homeland Security that three members of a subversive Brazilian band went through Customs at O'Hare Airport eleven days ago.