“Maybe, to do what you and I do, we have to have a little bit of the monster in us.”
“It's not the bad memories that tear a person apart. It's the good ones.”
“When the odds are bad, you change the rules.”
“Sterling turned to Michael. I expected her to ask him something, but instead she just held out her hand. "Keys."
"Spatula," Michael replied. She narrowed her eyes at him. "We aren't just saying random nouns?" he asked archly.”
“None of us had normal childhoods," Sloane said quietly. "If we had, we wouldn't be Naturals.”
“The Voice
No teacher, preacher, parent, friend
Or wise man can decide
What's right for you - just listen to
The voice that speaks inside.”
“She was the only woman in the homicide unit, and already there had been problems between her and another detective, charges of sexual harassment, countercharges of unrelenting bitchiness.”
“History isn't the lies of the victors, as I once glibly assured Old Joe Hunt; I know that now. It's more the memories of the survivors, most of whom are neither victorious or defeated.”
“A person could resist popular belief and stand up for personal principles, and though there may be consequences, not everything would necessarily be lost. In fact, something important might be gained, if only within oneself.”
“Sometimes, even in the most unfortunate of lives, there will occur a moment or two of good fortune.”
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