Lynn Cahoon > Quotes

“If you hold anger in your heart, it just turns to evil. You have to be able to see the good in people, even those people in whom you think there isn’t even a speck of good left.”
― Lynn Cahoon, Killer Run

“I think any reading is good reading, even if it's commercial fiction. A good story well told is worth the time”
― Lynn Cahoon, If the Shoe Kills

“As much as I loved my computer, I wondered if I would ever know the joy of getting a letter from someone I loved, being able to pour over its contents time and time again, to feel the paper that he touched, and to know he took the time to share his day.”
― Lynn Cahoon, Guidebook to Murder

“You get attached to an author’s world building and you just want to stay in their reality.”
― Lynn Cahoon, Murder on Wheels

“Sometimes life was a vicious circle. The things we love can draw us nearer to the things we hate.”
― Lynn Cahoon, If the Shoe Kills

“But no use worrying about tomorrow’s concerns when today has its own.”
― Lynn Cahoon, One Potato, Two Potato, Dead

“Food can sustain you, especially during times of stress.”
― Lynn Cahoon, Have a Deadly New Year

“We make the best choices we can at the time we make them.”
― Lynn Cahoon, If the Shoe Kills

“I glanced around but didn’t see anything that would tell me why this was listed as the corporate office address.”
― Lynn Cahoon, Picture Perfect Frame

“Forgiveness isn’t for the person doing the wronging. It’s for the people he or she wrongs.”
― Lynn Cahoon, One Poison Pie

“waken them”
― Lynn Cahoon, Penned In

“I pressed my lips together to keep from laughing. “You were hurt. Hurt people, like hurt animals, lash out at times.” I was glad Toby”
― Lynn Cahoon, Murder on Wheels

“Well, he was moving a friend. Tony. Except,”
― Lynn Cahoon, Mission to Murder

“Eating ice cream out of the container for dinner did one amazing thing for cleanup. There wasn’t any. Well, except for the spoon.”
― Lynn Cahoon, Murder in Waiting

“College isn’t a free ride”
― Lynn Cahoon, Penned In

“I liked doing laundry. It calmed me in some weird way. Take something dirty and stained and make that all go away. Too bad life wasn’t like that.”
― Lynn Cahoon, Killer Party

“at his legs. “Did they do X-rays? Is anything broken?” “Yes, they did X-rays.” He took a sip of water. “I’ll be fine getting to my room, but I don’t know if I’ll want to drive the group to Outlaw tomorrow morning or not. We’ll see what I feel like when I get up tomorrow. But if I’m still hurting, can you drive?” “Of course, but I didn’t realize you were going to Outlaw.” Cat wasn’t sure taking Seth home tonight was a good idea. Before she agreed with the plan, she wanted to talk to the doctor. “Yeah, Jocelyn and Sydney tag teamed me the other day and asked if I’d take them up so they could see the”
― Lynn Cahoon, A Field Guide to Homicide

“I never got that type of girl. Who needs more than one guy at a time?” “Attention hogs.”
― Lynn Cahoon, A Story to Kill

“Never trust a man who drives a Prius,” I said to the empty porch.”
― Lynn Cahoon, Guidebook to Murder

“Cat watched Seth’s face for any reaction but the guy was cool as a cucumber. Or a radish. The saying didn’t make sense anyway; she might as well change the vegetable to something she liked to eat. “Jealous?”
― Lynn Cahoon, A Story to Kill

“If you complain, you have to bring a workable solution, or there’s no complaining.”
― Lynn Cahoon, Songs of Wine and Murder

“The green minivan had a metallic sign proclaiming The Good Fence Company. Like anyone would name their company The Shoddy Work and Don’t Give a Shit Fence Company.”
― Lynn Cahoon, Guidebook to Murder

“No use worrying about tomorrow—there’s plenty to keep you busy today.”
― Lynn Cahoon, Guidebook to Murder

“Who cares? I’m an old woman. No one corrects an old woman. We can get away with anything.”
― Lynn Cahoon, Mission to Murder

“Oxymoron,”
― Lynn Cahoon, Penned In

“evening.” “I’ll have you know, I made the deposit. Check online if you don’t believe”
― Lynn Cahoon, Tea Cups and Carnage

“I blessed my parents for instilling a love of books in me. When my day wasn’t going as planned, or life just continued to kick me in the gut, I knew I could escape into a world where happily-ever-afters were a given and problems were overcome.”
― Lynn Cahoon, If the Shoe Kills

“Working with people made me like my books so much more.”
― Lynn Cahoon, Guidebook to Murder

“Lesson for today: Life goes on for the rest of us, even when someone leaves the playing field.”
― Lynn Cahoon, A Story to Kill

“The moral of the story is to be happy with what you have. It can always be worse.”
― Lynn Cahoon, Songs of Wine and Murder