Rob Thomas > Quotes

“There weren’t many people in this world who would let you be vulnerable and still believe you were strong.”
― Rob Thomas, The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line

“And for about the millionth time in her life she felt an overwhelming gratitude for her best friend. Because she knew he wouldn't mention this afterward; she knew he wouldn't take it as a sign that she was losing her nerve or was in too deep. There weren't many people in this world who would let you be vulnerable and still believe you were strong.”
― Rob Thomas, The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line

“It's a noir world. Unfair things happen.”
― Rob Thomas

“ I asked for a pony. And year after year I'm disappointed.”
― Rob Thomas, The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line

“The twin pillars of outrage journalism: slut shaming and victim blaming.”
― Rob Thomas, The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line

“I swear, you are the only person I know who makes decisions based on what will provide the best material for a diary.”
― Rob Thomas, Rats Saw God

“I’m beginning to view democracy as the Siri of political systems. So much better in theory.”
― Rob Thomas, Mr. Kiss and Tell

“Huh. Veronica Mars, speechless. I'll have to write this one in my feelings journal.”
― Rob Thomas, Mr. Kiss and Tell

“It’s hard to look the people you love in the face when they’ve seen you fuck up everything you touch. Sometimes, it’s easier to rebuild your life if you’re with someone who’s been as low as you’ve been.”
― Rob Thomas, The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line

“Conan Doyle deluded a century of readers into thinking we're all deductive geniuses.”
― Rob Thomas, Mr. Kiss and Tell

“The hazard of living in a place where you had so much history--so much pain and so much rage and so much love--was that every item could turn on you in a flash.”
― Rob Thomas, The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line

“But sometimes the lies we let ourselves believe are for our own good.”
― Rob Thomas

“Not that I like having my direst preconceptions about humanity confirmed or anything. But I was right.”
― Rob Thomas, Mr. Kiss and Tell

“Thank goodness for the U.S. Navy. I can at least put off telling Logan. The last thing I need is for my boyfriend to pick a fight with an international crime syndicate.”
― Rob Thomas, The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line

“How hard do you think it'd be to hack into the database of a major research university?"
Mac hesitated. "Since you're asking me on a cell phone, in front of God and the NSA- impossible.”
― Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham

“Salinger, Plath, Toole, the literature of choice for the brooding outcast.”
― Rob Thomas, The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line

“Who’s a big fierce monster dog? Who’s a bloodthirsty hound from Hell? It’s you. Yes it is.”
― Rob Thomas, Mr. Kiss and Tell

“For one ridiculous moment she considered changing into something sexier—at least from the waist up, as that was all he’d see on his camera—but decided not to bother. Logan had fallen in love with her in striped T-shirts and jeans. There was no need to mess with a winning formula.”
― Rob Thomas, The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line

“As I took Allison to the airport for her flight into San Francisco and the rest of her life, I thought about how lucky her father and I were to have had her in our lives. My time with her was over, though I was sure we would stay in touch. I kept thinking I should be sad, but I felt content more than anything. Now, I’m not saying I won’t want to call her every day, and she’ll probably die without me, but why ruin something so perfect trying to stay together?”
― Rob Thomas, Rats Saw God

“She already knew that he’d decided to leave—knew before he opened his mouth to speak. But for one last minute, she could pretend that he was hers to keep. For one last minute, she held him, and let him hold her.”
― Rob Thomas, Mr. Kiss and Tell

“Their mutual misanthropy had sealed the deal.”
― Rob Thomas, The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line

“Look, this is helping me out quite a bit, but could you just get to the punishment part? We're at the end of World War Two in history, and I can't wait to find out who wins.”
― Rob Thomas, Rats Saw God

“I also drink Scotch. But I'm not picky. I'll take the victory Scotch, or the Scotch of defeat. Or the rotgut swill.”
― Rob Thomas, Mr. Kiss and Tell

“Was it tacky to get a cake during a hostage crisis? What was the protocol? She pictured chocolate frosting with white lettering: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HOPE YOUR DAUGHTER ISN’T DEAD. But this year was her fiftieth, a year with a zero. Veronica had to do something. So on her way to the condo she’d swung by a bakery and picked up a small German chocolate cake. It was her mom’s favorite—or at least it had been, a decade ago.”
― Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham

“Honestly I’m glad. Cases where stupid people do stupid things are really more my forte. Like this guy.” He picked up a folder from the mess on his desk. “He updated his Facebook account from inside a house he was robbing. Classic Cliff McCormack material. I’ll leave the murderers to someone who knows what he’s doing.”
― Rob Thomas, The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line

“What do you think? More cheese? Less cheese? Different cheese?” Keith held up a measuring cup of shredded mozzarella and looked inquiringly at Veronica across the kitchen island. She was slicing tomatoes but paused mid chop to look up with one raised brow. “When is the answer ever less cheese?” “Fair point.” He dumped the entire cup into the mixing bowl and started to stir.”
― Rob Thomas, Mr. Kiss and Tell

“She didn't want to be in their club. Didn't want to learn how to be apart from the one person she longed to see every day.”
― Rob Thomas, Mr. Kiss and Tell

“In Neptune, the past was always grabbing at your ankles, trying to pull you back.”
― Rob Thomas, Mr. Kiss and Tell

“Was it tacky to get a cake during a hostage crisis? What was the protocol? She pictured chocolate frosting with white lettering: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HOPE YOUR DAUGHTER ISN’T DEAD. But this year was her fiftieth, a year with a zero. Veronica had to do something. So on her way to the condo she’d swung by a bakery and picked up a small German chocolate cake. It was her mom’s favorite—or at least it had been, a decade ago.-page 218 of The Thousand Dollar Tan Line”
― Rob Thomas Jennifer Graham

“Sometimes lightning struck twice; sometimes, one person got more than their share of suffering.”
― Rob Thomas, Mr. Kiss and Tell