Colleen Thompson > Quotes

“ME’s bound to rule your sister’s death a suicide, Ms. Miller. I know how hard it is to accept—” Anger roaring in her ears, Lauren slapped her palms hard against the cushions as she pushed herself to her feet. “You’re with the FBI, right? So why are you even here, if all you’re going to do is feed me the cops’ regurgitated bullshit?” “I was called”
― Colleen Thompson, The Best Victim

“If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.”
― Colleen Thompson, Touch of Evil

“In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, "Is it good, friend?" "It is bitter-bitter," he answered; "But I like it "Because it is bitter, `And because it is my heart."
Stephen Crane,
"The Black Riders and Other Lines”
― Colleen Thompson, The Salt Maiden

“Ooh, that Irish breakfast tea, please,” she said, “maybe with a little honey in it, if you have some.”
― Colleen Thompson, Colton's K-9 Rescue: A Second Chance Suspense Romance

“summers—before”
― Colleen Thompson, Heat Lightning

“Good instinct,” Malcolm called over. “But now, don’t give her attention. No pets, no voice, no eye contact. Not until she chills out and shows us the calm energy we’re after.”
― Colleen Thompson, Colton's K-9 Rescue: A Second Chance Suspense Romance

“The very emphasis of the commandment: Thou shalt not kill, makes it certain that we are descended from an endlessly long chain of generations of murderers, whose love of murder was in their blood as it is perhaps also in ours.” —Sigmund Freud”
― Colleen Thompson, Beneath Bone Lake

“When you have a child, the world has a hostage.”
― Colleen Thompson, Beneath Bone Lake

“Ross took her hand and squeezed it, smiling to hear her more coherent. Her contrariness was music to his ears. “I’ll let”
― Colleen Thompson, Touch of Evil

“The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago, had they happened to be within reach of predatory human hands.”
― Colleen Thompson, Beneath Bone Lake

“We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living.”
― Colleen Thompson, Beneath Bone Lake

“And, you, shut up.” He kicked at the barking beagle, which deftly dodged his mud-caked shoe to race from the room with its tail tucked tightly between its legs.”
― Colleen Thompson, Colton's K-9 Rescue: A Second Chance Suspense Romance