Karin Slaughter > Quotes

“You can take my heart, but I can't let you take my dog.”
― Karin Slaughter

“Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.”
― Karin Slaughter

“Considering what Pauline's been through . . ." Will began, then stopped himself. "She's not very nice."
"She's a cold-blooded bitch."
"I'm surprised I haven't fallen in love with her.”
― Karin Slaughter, Undone

“It's the truth. I'm sorry to be blunt about it, but girls don't like guys who are doormats. Especially pretty girls, because there's no novelty in it. Guys are hitting on them all of the time. They can't walk down the street or order a coffee or stand on a corner without some idiot making a comment about how attractive they are. And the women smile because it's easier than telling them to go fuck themselves. And less dangerous, because if a man rejects a woman, she goes home and cries for a few days. If a woman rejects a man, he can rape and kill her.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pretty Girls

“You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.”
― Karin Slaughter, Undone

“What a rapist takes from a woman is her future. The person she is going to become, who she is supposed to be, is gone. In many ways, it's worse than murder, because he has killed that potential person, eradicated that potential life, yet she still lives and breathes, and has to figure out another way to thrive.”
― Karin Slaughter, The Good Daughter

“Your mother and I had always been secretly pleased that you were so headstrong and passionate about your causes. Once you were gone, we understood that these were the qualities that painted young men as smart and ambitious and young women as trouble.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pretty Girls

“Because I said so." She paused again. "Sweetheart, I know you're an adult, but adults are like vampires. The older ones are much more powerful.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pretty Girls

“Nothing ever truly faded. Time only dulled the edges.”
― Karin Slaughter, The Good Daughter

“Optimism is a sliver of glass in your heart.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pretty Girls

“Everyone had a reason for everything they did, even if that reason was sometimes stupidity.”
― Karin Slaughter, Fractured

“There is kindness in so many unexpected places”
― Karin Slaughter, Pretty Girls

“A man who has grown up in an orphanage cannot take a dog to the pound.

Even if it is a Chihuahua.”
― Karin Slaughter, Triptych

“He said that children always have different parents, even in the same family.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pretty Girls

“Her father always said that the price for hearing gossip was having someone else gossip about you.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pretty Girls

“Anybody could be smart. It took a special somebody to be clever.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pretty Girls

“I’ve got to figure out before I die whether I want to be happy or I want to be right.”
― Karin Slaughter, The Good Daughter

“I’ve always preferred crazy to stupid. Stupid can break your heart”
― Karin Slaughter, The Good Daughter

“It is a father’s job to love his daughter in the way that she needs to be loved.”
― Karin Slaughter, The Good Daughter

“Love doesn't keep you in a constant state of turmoil. It gives you peace.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pieces of Her

“because if a man rejects a woman, she goes home and cries for a few days. If a woman rejects a man, he can rape and kill her.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pretty Girls

“People did not change their basic, core personalities. Their values tended to stay the same.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pretty Girls

“A trial is nothing but a competition to tell the best story. Whoever sways the jury wins the trial.”
― Karin Slaughter, The Good Daughter

“You can only make decisions with the information you have at the time”
― Karin Slaughter, Fractured

“Many people must have told you that you are lucky to be alive. I think you would have been lucky had you not been shot in the first place.”
― Karin Slaughter, The Good Daughter

“Having a teenager is like having a really, really shitty roommate. They eat all your food and steal your clothes and take money out of your purse and borrow your car without asking.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pretty Girls

“He had always told her that winners only competed with themselves.”
― Karin Slaughter, Pretty Girls

“sometimes, your world turns upside down, and you need somebody to show you how to walk on your hands before you can find your feet again.”
― Karin Slaughter, The Good Daughter

“a Democrat is a Republican who’s been through the criminal justice system.”
― Karin Slaughter, The Good Daughter

“Sometimes, even if you know the answer, you've got to let the other person take a shot. If they feel wrong all the time, they never get the chance to feel right.”
― Karin Slaughter, The Good Daughter