T.R. Ragan > Quotes

“you’re the only person who can fix whatever it is that’s broken inside you. I’m here for you, though. I can lend an ear. I can hold you during the night and tell you everything will be all right, but only you and you alone can fight the demons within.”
― T.R. Ragan, A Dark Mind

“At some point in our lives we all have to learn to deal with the cards we’ve been dealt.”
― T.R. Ragan, Abducted

“instead.” “Do you really have to curse so much? And are you serious when you use terms like hit the pavement? This isn’t a movie or one of those weekly cop shows. Policemen and women, and investigators like Lizzy, don’t need to ‘hit the pavement’ now that so much information is at their fingertips. It’s not stupid. It’s life in the modern world. Pretty soon they won’t need to chase after criminals in high-speed chases either. The police will tag a car with a laser-guided GPS tracking system. Once the transmitter is attached to the fleeing car, the police can track the suspect over a wireless network, then hang back and let the crook believe he’s outrun”
― T.R. Ragan, Dead Weight

“Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way.” “What”
― T.R. Ragan, Furious

“Nothing that has happened is your fault,” he said, obviously sensing her distress. “You know that, don’t you?” “Logically, yes. Emotionally, no.”
― T.R. Ragan, Abducted

“The people who don’t listen to their instincts are the ones who end up in trouble…or worse.”
― T.R. Ragan, A Dark Mind

“Martin Luther King Jr. had once said: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate . . . only love can do that.”
― T.R. Ragan, Don't Make a Sound

“Life had a way of tossing obstacles at people when they least expected it.”
― T.R. Ragan, Obsessed

“When you’ve lost everything, There’s nothing left to lose . . .”
― T.R. Ragan, Almost Dead

“Look down on me, you will see a fool. Look up at me, you will see your Lord. Look straight at me, you will see yourself. —Charles Manson”
― T.R. Ragan, A Dark Mind

“I raised the muzzle and flexed my wrist to the right, but it didn’t help.” “I was watching you shoot in there. You need to relax. If that doesn’t work, you probably aren’t taking the slack off the trigger before pressing it.” She frowned.”
― T.R. Ragan, Buried Deep

“You wear ugly T-shirts to bed, cry at the end of every movie, and snore in your sleep, but I love you, and I absolutely want to spend the rest of my life with you.”
― T.R. Ragan, Obsessed

“Behind every story of inspiration is a story of training, practice, discipline, and sacrifice. You must be willing to pay the price,”
― T.R. Ragan, Dead Weight

“Instincts were great, but there was a lot to be said for patience, too.”
― T.R. Ragan, A Dark Mind

“For Lizzy, letting go of the past and moving forward was like waking up each day and trying to learn to walk all over again.”
― T.R. Ragan, Abducted

“intern that Lizzy didn’t need or want,”
― T.R. Ragan, Abducted

“I’ll see you later. I’m already regretting telling you my life story.”
― T.R. Ragan, Best House on the Block

“Meow.”
― T.R. Ragan, Dead Weight

“A constant stream of negative thoughts could easily become debilitating. But to become aware of those thoughts and to know that one’s thoughts are not who they are can be freeing.”
― T.R. Ragan, Dead Weight

“Every person in this world is capable of so much more. We are all worthy, but most people don’t see it and therefore never realize it.”
― T.R. Ragan, Wrath

“When I was too young to know better, I often asked myself, ‘Why me?’ But I don’t look at my suffering like that any longer. My pain and trauma made me who I am today. With the help of people like you, people who listened to me without judgment, who helped me dig through all the layers of misery, I have grown stronger than ever.”
― T.R. Ragan, No Going Back

“If something you do hurts no one but yourself, then you have a choice to make. Your choice. Not mine, not the guy over there jacking off in the corner,”
― T.R. Ragan, A Dark Mind

“Rochelle,” he whispered. “Is that you? Can you hear me?” He heard a moan and then recognized”
― T.R. Ragan, A Dark Mind

“The last guy I was infatuated with turned out to be a serial killer, so I’m pretty much batting zero.”
― T.R. Ragan, Deadly Recall

“Go ahead, then—keep playing the role of victim, but all you’re doing is giving the person that isn’t even in your life the power to control you. You’ll never be happy.”
― T.R. Ragan, Count to Three

“His number one fear was no longer the dark. It was the water. And his number two fear was Auntie Jane.”
― T.R. Ragan, Such a Beautiful Family

“She wanted nothing more than to let it go and move on, but the harder she tried, the more difficult it was to do.”
― T.R. Ragan, Dead Weight

“Maybe this was how the whole thing worked: incredible highs and depressing lows, inner turmoil, loud silence, hot sex, no sex, start over again. Although”
― T.R. Ragan, A Dark Mind

“Her legs shook so hard,”
― T.R. Ragan, Abducted

“felt threatened”
― T.R. Ragan, Best House on the Block