Blake Pierce > Quotes

“Empathy. I am supposed to look at you and know how you might feel, feel what you feel, but honestly, what does any of us get except a reflection of our own thoughts and feelings?”
― Blake Pierce, The Girl He Pined

“Memories are the diary we carry forever.”
― Blake Pierce, Girl, Alone

“She tried to recall her therapist’s words: Even routine tasks will take a lot of conscious effort, at least for a while. She had to settle for doing things one baby step at a time.”
― Blake Pierce, Once Gone

“the worst kind of boss—someone who had no idea what he was doing, and was therefore all the more determined to throw his weight around and assert his authority.”
― Blake Pierce, Once Gone

“She immediately scanned the floor. Only a foot away, amid the scattered doll parts, lay his hunting knife. He”
― Blake Pierce, Once Gone

“Mistakes are always forgivable if you have the courage to admit them.”
― Blake Pierce, Girl, Alone

“Suddenly it all felt so ridiculous. She was playing some sad game of dress-up. But when it came down to it she was just another pathetic housewife waiting for her man to come home and give her life meaning”
― Blake Pierce, The Perfect Wife

“How much of a push would it require for that impulse to be turned in a darker direction? How much self-control would she have if put in a situation more ambiguous than simply catching the bad guy? What if she turned her ruthlessness against those who had wronged her and not just the system? She couldn’t deny that she’d had the urge. Until now, she managed to keep it in check by adhering to a strict personal code. But personal codes can change when put to the test. Could she be sure hers wouldn’t?”
― Blake Pierce, The Perfect Smile

“Thanks,” she said. “But I think my roots here are too thick. I feel like it’s too late.”
― Blake Pierce, Before He Kills

“Okay. For the username go with TRUESELF. For the password, use HOMEBASE.” She waited while he typed. There was a long, uncomfortable silence, her heart slamming in her chest, praying she”
― Blake Pierce, A Trace of Death

“When things feel like an uphill struggle, think of the view from the top.”
― Blake Pierce, Girl, Alone

“You never know what you’re capable of until the moment comes,”
― Blake Pierce, The Perfect Wife

“house. It was a basic little house situated on the outskirts of a middle-class neighborhood. The grass had been recently cut, but the small flower beds bordering the tiny set of stairs to the front door were badly in need of weeding. It was a quiet neighborhood, but not the kind Susan would live in. The houses were one-story little saltboxes splattered along the streets. Most, she assumed, were owned by older couples or those struggling”
― Blake Pierce, Before He Sees

“The truth is that in the end, you're all alone. That no one can ever understand you. That no one can ever truly love you, because they don't know you.”
― Blake Pierce, The Girl He Pined

“She had called Zack, fully aware that he was at work and would not be able to take her call. She left him a message that she now regretted as she wheeled her suitcases to the front door. It had been brief and even now, as she looked around at the house, unnaturally empty and cleaned, she wondered if she’d owed him more of”
― Blake Pierce, Before He Kills

“Life is like a wheel that you either cling to or fall from and get crushed. And one way or other, it just keeps rolling on and on in an infinite loop.”
― Blake Pierce, If She Knew

“concrete”
― Blake Pierce, Girl, Alone

“And then, in a flash, she knew her course of action. Jackson Cave, with his personal photos with power players and his immaculate grooming and attire, was a man who cared about how he was perceived. He made his living off winning people over—politicians, juries, the media. And Keri knew he wanted to win her over too. It was his nature. I have to undermine that goal. I have to come at him hard and fast, upend his expectations, keep him off balance. The only way I’m going to poke through his armor and get him to slip up is if I jab him in enough places. Maybe then he’ll say something inadvertently that could lead me to crack the cipher.”
― Blake Pierce, A Trace of Murder

“Kimi slipped away from the party with Marcus, hoping that no one saw them but also kind of hoping that someone did. She didn’t want people calling her a slut at school, but at the same time, Marcus was the quarterback, so if people knew she’d made out with him, then that would probably do a lot for her reputation. The party was good.”
― Blake Pierce, Absent Pity

“D.C.”
― Blake Pierce, La chica sola

“horrible”
― Blake Pierce, The Perfect House

“un disparo ensordecedor la hizo caer al suelo.”
― Blake Pierce, La chica sola

“Mackenzie noticed at once that Porter had referred to her by her first name and called her a girl rather than a woman. The sad thing was that she didn’t think he was even aware of the disrespect.”
― Blake Pierce, Before He Kills

“Kyle walked into the room, holding beers and Gatorades. He had peeled off his wet shirt. Jessie pretended to be oblivious to her husband’s impressive abs and chest.”
― Blake Pierce, The Perfect Wife

“I love you too,” Jessie said, unsure if he’d heard her before he drifted off.”
― Blake Pierce, The Perfect Wife

“repot”
― Blake Pierce, Blake Pierce Mystery Bundle: Cause to Kill / Once Gone / Before He Kills / Trace of Death

“chargers.”
― Blake Pierce, Blake Pierce Mystery Bundle: Cause to Kill / Once Gone / Before He Kills / Trace of Death

“If it was a sign of things to come, Kate thought her year of retirement might just become nothing more than a foolish decision that shrank further and further away in the rearview mirror of her life.”
― Blake Pierce, If She Knew

“Gina wonder why on Earth she agreed to go on a hike in the woods for a first date with a guy she barely knew.”
― Blake Pierce, Let Her Go

“officially”
― Blake Pierce, The Perfect Wife