Emily Kimelman > Quotes

“thought I was just getting a pet, but that's not what happens when you adopt a dog. Even if he had never saved my life, even if he hadn't been with me through so much, he still would've changed my life because that's what dogs do. They fill a hole in you. They soak up pain and loneliness. They are at once a sponge and a calming salve.”
― Emily Kimelman, The Girl with the Gun

“The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. -Albert Einstein”
― Emily Kimelman, The Sydney Rye Mysteries Box Set: Books 1-8

“But that’s the thing about really powerful lies, they look like ultimate truth. The worst lies, the ones that shape our reality—they are so damn insidious. So hard to let go of, because when you build your world on a belief, to admit it’s a lie means admitting you’re not who you thought you were.”
― Emily Kimelman, Jagged Truth

“To be honest, I thought the internet was basically a bunch of pneumatic tubes that shot information around the world using the power of our imaginations. I still kinda think that, but whatever.”
― Emily Kimelman, Insatiable

“The only morality of the algorithm is to optimize you as a consumer, and in many cases you become the product. There are very few examples in human history of industries where people themselves become products, and those are scary industries – slavery and the sex trade. And now we have social media. — Christopher Wiley, Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower and author of MindF*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America.”
― Emily Kimelman, Blind Vigilance

“Pain and pleasure run right next to each other, they lie in each other's embrace. Distinguishing their limbs can be difficult.”
― Emily Kimelman, Inviting Fire

“Joanne Sanders, a broad woman in her forties, posed with friends, family, and Snowball in photographs displayed on the mantel of the fake fireplace. She had shoulder-length brown hair and bangs teased high above her brow. I could picture her behind ten inches of bulletproof glass sneering at me with gloss-encased lips for filling out my deposit slip incorrectly. I fed Snowball half a cup of kibble and a spoonful of wet food as my envelope of information directed. She ate it quickly while making funny little squeaking noises. Once she had licked her bowl to a bright sheen, we headed out for my first walk as a dog-walker. I steered us off of East End Avenue and onto the esplanade that runs along the river. The water reflected the sun in bright silver glints. I smelled oil and brine. We reached Carl Schurz Park and turned into the dog run for small dogs. The gate leading into the run reached only to my knees, as did the rest of the fence designed to keep small dogs in and big ones out. A sign on the gate read, "Dogs over 25 pounds not permitted." Ten dogs under 25 pounds, and one who was probably a little over, played together in the pen. Their owners, in groups of three or four, sat on worn wooden benches and talked about dogs. Snowball ran to join a poodle growling at a puppy. They intimidated it behind its owner's calves. Then the poodle, a miniature gray curly thing with long ears, mounted Snowball. I turned to the river and watched a giant barge inch by.”
― Emily Kimelman, Unleashed

“Outcasts and bad asses are always welcome where paint and brushes reside.”
― Emily Kimelman, Strings of Glass

“And you taste with your mind, and if your taste buds are off, then your cooking won't taste good. But if your mind is right your taste buds will be right and you will be an excellent chef to all those you serve.”
― Emily Kimelman, Inviting Fire

“But I didn't pick up the passport. It suddenly felt like a betrayal to take on a new identity. I was, and should always be, the-fuck-up Joy Humbolt. Didn't I deserve the sentence I'd meted out to myself? Could a new name—a new life—change the darkness that lived inside me? It was the same darkness that haunted my every movement, and drove me to the brink of despair.”
― Emily Kimelman, Sydney Rye Mysteries Books 1-3 Box Set

“Nothing like a near-death experience to make you remember you want to live.”
― Emily Kimelman, Strings of Glass

“Truth matters—telling your truth, speaking your truth. Being your truth is what the world needs, most of all.”
― Emily Kimelman, Brutal Mercy

“the bruise”
― Emily Kimelman, Unleashed

“world is designed for men even in the simplest ways, like in the public bathroom where there is no place to put a child. The world is designed for women to be at home, covered in cloth, taking care of their babies, accepting any abuse that is forced upon them. Even in western society, we have not changed that basic design.”
― Emily Kimelman, The Sydney Rye Mysteries Box Set: Books 1-8

“I am a man, and therefore have all devils in my heart. –Father Brown”
― Emily Kimelman, Unleashed

“All the ostiones farm was offering was oysters and topless mermaids. And if you don't like those two things, then we are probably not going to get along.”
― Emily Kimelman, Sydney Rye Mysteries Books 1-3 Box Set

“The internet is filled with lies, and the world filled with desperation.”
― Emily Kimelman, Fatal Breach

“It’s not just women; patriarchy helps no one. Supremacy of any kind is a fantasy—one that can never be realized and only leads to pain for all. The oppressed and the oppressor live in misery.” She shrugs. “Though if we were keeping score, we could say it’s worse for the oppressed, if only because they recognize the injustices and stupidity of the system which denies them equity.”
― Emily Kimelman, Fatal Breach

“The idea that there is somewhere safe to go, full of opportunity—where nothing matters but your character. A myth so many humans crave yet we can’t seem to create.”
― Emily Kimelman, Brutal Mercy

“But if we are not on the front lines, how will they know who to follow?”
― Emily Kimelman, Inviting Fire

“slipped down my body and gathered at my ankles before traveling in a flotilla to the drain. The white, iridescent bubbles jiggled as droplets of water crashed around them. They popped one by one, the mass sinking into the pipe as each individual bubble lost tension and let go.  Letting go is an art.”
― Emily Kimelman, The Girl with the Gun

“Lady Justice is not blind. She is blindfolded. She is a prisoner; her scales are rigged, her promise a lie. There is no such thing as justice, Consuela. The law, our entire system, is designed for men”
― Emily Kimelman, Fatal Breach

“They were fine and white, and I stared down at one on my hand, part of me wishing it would never fade. It was a reminder of how strange life was. How it always continued, even if you didn't know it.”
― Emily Kimelman, Inviting Fire

“I'm very balanced," I said. "In your body," Robert said, looking up at me for a moment. "But not in your mind," he continued, returning his attention to the fire. "And you taste with your mind, and if your taste buds are off, then your cooking won't taste good. But if your mind is right your taste buds will be right and you will be an excellent chef to all those you serve.”
― Emily Kimelman, Inviting Fire

“There is evil in this world, but it is not pure. Every boogeyman has a mother, every killer a reason.”
― Emily Kimelman, Fatal Breach

“We can’t all get along until we recognize the playing field isn’t level.”
― Emily Kimelman

“Even at sixteen, I knew you shouldn’t trust a man who told you he spoke for a deity…the only deity.”
― Emily Kimelman, Relentless

“Blue comforted me in a way that only a dog can. He was more than a partner, more than a protector, even more than a best friend. Blue was my dog. And there is nothing in this world as great as a dog.”
― Emily Kimelman, The Girl with the Gun

“We don’t shit in the woods anymore, so why live by the laws of nature?”
― Emily Kimelman, Undefeated

“He smelled like cigarettes and lavender. His embrace was feminine in its fierceness.”
― Emily Kimelman, Inviting Fire