Jamie Millen > Quotes

“Forget the eyes—the cell phone was the window to a person’s soul.”
― Jamie Millen, You Did This

“Grace had cut class often these past few weeks.”
― Jamie Millen, You Did This

“What fascinated people so much about human predators? Was it the shock factor and the primal fear of being the next victim? She was glad to have the FBI on the case.”
― Jamie Millen, You Did This

“Do you know what Carl Sagan said about extraterrestrial life? ‘Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”
― Jamie Millen, You Are Next

“Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.”
― Jamie Millen, You Made Me

“That was not entirely unexpected. Tina had gone missing near Newburgh Middle School. Few places close by were suitable for the disposal of a dead body.”
― Jamie Millen, You Did This

“The killer took pride in her work. All good art requires sacrifice. To honor those sacrifices, she ensured her creations were flawless,”
― Jamie Millen, You Are Next

“People can live full, meaningful lives, but posterity will only remember how long they lived and how they died.”
― Jamie Millen, You Made Me

“The schoolteacher, Lisa Evans, had texted him, asking whether she could help the investigation, anything at all.”
― Jamie Millen, You Did This

“That’s the trouble with family—they know your pressure points and can inflict the most pain.”
― Jamie Millen, You Made Me

“There was no way she was going to miss Dean’s party. This was so unfair!”
― Jamie Millen, You Did This

“Men always underestimated a “pretty face.”
― Jamie Millen, You Did This

“Misfortunes triggered each other like dominos. Sometimes, they left nothing standing.”
― Jamie Millen, You Did This

“Gaslighting is a major weapon in an abuser’s arsenal. Undermine the victims’ grip on reality. Make them doubt their sanity. Then, they’re helpless, and the abuser takes control.”
― Jamie Millen, You Did This

“How they died is insignificant compared with how they lived. But that’s what we’ll remember.”
― Jamie Millen, You Made Me

“Understanding doesn’t mean liking. Empathy isn’t sympathy. But to catch a killer or influence a captor, you need to know what makes them tick. We call this strategic empathy.”
― Jamie Millen, You Did This

“Fleisher, a leading forensic psychiatrist at the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico.”
― Jamie Millen, You Did This

“Sheep never understand the wolf.”
― Jamie Millen, You Are Next

“Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you,”
― Jamie Millen, You Did This

“Her parents couldn’t force her to miss Dean’s party.”
― Jamie Millen, You Did This

“Having killed her only sister, Claire had drawn up a list of sister substitutes and murdered them one by one. She didn’t ask why. You don’t ask why a virus kills its host. You destroy the sick cells and halt the virus in its tracks. A part of her was very sick but that part was inoperable.”
― Jamie Millen, You Did This

“Pretty on the outside but falling apart within. That summed up her family life well.”
― Jamie Millen, You Did This

“Last night, Claire had cheered Tina on for using the knife in self-defense. But had her little sister carried that weapon to defend herself from Claire?”
― Jamie Millen, You Did This

“Sibling rivalry was as old as Cain and Abel.”
― Jamie Millen, You Did This

“The place seemed smaller than she remembered.”
― Jamie Millen, You Did This

“She had slipped on the broken curb and gashed her leg. So Claire had told her mom, and she had spoken the truth. But blind spots obstructed her memory of that day.”
― Jamie Millen, You Did This