Danielle Girard > Quotes

“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God.”
― Danielle Girard, White Out

“Spencer wasn't crazy. He was incredibly calculating. Brilliantly so. Even she could admit that. Under different circumstances, Spencer might have been considered a genius. But she refused to believe that. He was sick. Twisted. But human.”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“May the raindrops fall lightly on your brow May the soft winds freshen your spirit May the sunshine brighten your heart May the burdens of the day rest lightly upon you And may God enfold you in the mantle of His love.”
― Danielle Girard, Dead Center

“All the women in me are tired.”
― Danielle Girard, Excise

“how he gathered every morsel for later use as ammunition. His skill in this was impressive; he might not even be paying attention, and still, somehow, he absorbed details she shared. The most mundane, irrelevant facts were corrupted in his grip.”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“The model number on the .38 dated it back to the mid-1940s, decades before gun registry laws were introduced in 1968. Even if the gun was”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“A few blocks from the house, Lily realized that she should have asked to use Danson’s phone to call Detective Milliard.”
― Danielle Girard, White Out

“over the realities.”
― Danielle Girard, Cold Silence

“slid down her neck with the thick, heavy texture of turkey gravy rewarmed the day after Thanksgiving.”
― Danielle Girard, White Out

“You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it,” Ava used to say, quoting Coelho. Now”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.”
― Danielle Girard, White Out

“bottle”
― Danielle Girard, Expose

“You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it,”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“little trouble sleeping,” she admitted, motioning into the living room. “Plus the deadline.” “There are some good local support groups if you want to talk to someone,” Hal offered. “I can send over some information.” “Thank you,” she said. “I appreciate that. And I’ll be in touch if I think of anything useful about Terri.” Hal thanked her and left her apartment. Maybe he looked as bad as she did. He wouldn’t be surprised. He felt like shit. Across the foyer, the yellow tape on the victim’s door caught his eye again.”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“collection of hobby boats that he’d built sat on one shelf, the only decoration. Hobby boats, too, reminded her of Marchek.”
― Danielle Girard, Everything to Lose

“Yawning was linked to stress. Athletes yawned before competition, paratroopers before a drop. Part of the flight or fight, linked to the hypothalamus.”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“but a perfect home was as clear a sign of dysfunction as a slovenly one.”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“shut. Wiping off her dress, Whitney stomped”
― Danielle Girard, Chasing Darkness

“her little cat voice.”
― Danielle Girard, Far Gone

“He sometimes thought of a crime scene as a woman’s body. Every man naturally took interest in a few specific locations and largely ignored the rest. It was those other places—the skin at the base of the neck, the dimple on the lower back, the pad of her palm—where he could make a difference. A crime scene was no different. It was a woman who deserved to be explored completely. This was not an analogy Roger had ever shared with his wife.”
― Danielle Girard, Everything to Lose

“hearing as her husband. “Can you please tell me exactly what happened this evening? Start with when you first heard the dog and continue until you called Mrs. Leighton.” Davies twisted her lips. “Mrs. Leighton?” “My mother,” Harper said. Kimberly Davies”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“The woman led a chocolate Lab who walked her more than she walked it.”
― Danielle Girard, Expose

“Schwartzman smiled, sharing his enthusiasm. When the morgue had installed a camera with a UV filter on a tripod for timed exposures to help her identify pre- and perimortem injury patterns under the skin, she’d been as excited as Roger was now. Of course, at the time she’d been surrounded by dead people in drawers, so she’d kept the excitement to herself.”
― Danielle Girard, Excise

“Always take what’s easy. Quick. Then get back. Nothing bad happens when we’re all here, together.”
― Danielle Girard, White Out

“Cider House Rules”
― Danielle Girard, Chasing Darkness

“Good or bad, everything smelled more in the South. Inside”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“Naomi took down the instructions, confirmed her cell phone number, and put the bag in the plastic bin headed to the lab. As Hailey left, Naomi turned the music back on. “Who is that?” Hailey asked. “Velvet Underground,” Naomi said. “Cool, huh?” “Very,” Hailey agreed, though she wasn’t sure if it was cool or awful.”
― Danielle Girard, One Clean Shot

“Mei sat down at her desk in the lab and booted her computer. The room was quiet but for the whir of the case fans and coolers of the computer. The mechanical platters buzzed softly as the tiny magnetic head leapt around to access her hard drive, the platters spinning an upwards of 10,000 times per minute. She loved the sounds of the machinery, could diagnose a sick computer just by the sounds. She”
― Danielle Girard, Interference

“course, she told her husband that it wouldn’t be the same without me, he talked to Spencer, and I was on the list.” That was always the trick with Spencer. If she said no to one of his colleagues,”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“slant”
― Danielle Girard, White Out