Leslie Wolfe > Quotes

“People are bundles of pain and fear, each wearing their own brand of misery,” he continued. “Trust me, I know. When they’re at the end of their rope, they come here, with their stories.”
― Leslie Wolfe, Dawn Girl

“It was still early morning when Tess landed at O’Hare, bringing her the ultimate enjoyment of driving through Chicago’s infamous, rush-hour traffic.”
― Leslie Wolfe, Dawn Girl

“Most people wouldn’t be caught dead in the heart of the Florida Everglades at dusk. A treacherous land of myriad insects and predators, it kept visitors away effectively. Blood-seeking insects don’t even matter for the accidental visitor, more concerned with the few but deadly poisonous snake species, the huge pythons, and the 10-foot alligators. Here, in the Glades, only the skilled and the irresponsible venture, and the latter don’t usually make it out. Matthew”
― Leslie Wolfe, Dawn Girl

“We always assume we have time. There’s never any time. Every day we’re alive is borrowed against the unforeseen.”
― Leslie Wolfe, The Surgeon

“Os ricos vivem num mundo diferente, mas matam e morrem como os restantes de nós.”
― Leslie Wolfe

“Cheating is not something that happens to people. Cheating is something that people make happen.”
― Leslie Wolfe, If I Go Missing

“small”
― Leslie Wolfe, The Angel Creek Girls

“You have to learn to see things through the eyes of different people. Expect things that are not worth doing, based on your system of values, to be well worth it for someone else. For instance, if you wouldn't consider stealing two dollars from someone else's unguarded desk, don't imagine that everyone else thinks the same.”
― Leslie Wolfe, Alex Hoffmann: Five Exciting Thrillers, One Riveting Series

“The human race never fails to impress, in both directions. For each act of such gruesome cruelty, fortunately, we see daily wonders, acts of kindness that people bring to other people, and that helps preserve whatever faith I still have in humankind”
― Leslie Wolfe, Glimpse of Death

“Why do you always expect the worst? I don’t.”
― Leslie Wolfe, The Watson Girl

“her”
― Leslie Wolfe, The Surgeon

“Most people have no idea that one third of killers get away with it, in modern-day America.”
― Leslie Wolfe, The Watson Girl

“In some people, studies had shown, atavism had preserved the ability to identify such danger, allowing them to react instinctively and recognize predators without even seeing them, or by looking at mundane photos.”
― Leslie Wolfe, Dawn Girl

“master feline barely entertained by how little effort it took to ruin my life.”
― Leslie Wolfe, If I Go Missing

“My life resembles a kintsugi bowl, built from the shards of a once perfectly fine existence, only the lacquer holding the pieces together is not powdered with gold dust, but with tears and resilience and courage.”
― Leslie Wolfe, If I Go Missing

“People didn’t care about people anymore. They lived insulated in their own bubbles, intoxicated and overwhelmed by too”
― Leslie Wolfe, The Girl You Killed

“The bigger the threat, the calmer they get. Have you ever seen a tiger freak out? Or a lion?”
― Leslie Wolfe, The Watson Girl

“I want you to wrap this hand carefully to preserve evidence,” she told the firefighter. “I scratched that bastard before he threw the grenade. I have his DNA under my fingernails.”
― Leslie Wolfe, Casino Girl

“I wish I could give her some advice—like, don’t get married. Ever.”
― Leslie Wolfe, A Beautiful Couple

“My worries are scattered by the words of Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero.” How appropriate… monster on the hill.”
― Leslie Wolfe, The Surgeon

“liquid with a satisfied”
― Leslie Wolfe, The Girl from Silent Lake

“An injury collector, while not an official term listed in the DSM-5, is what some behaviorists call the narcissist who is unable to forgive and move on past the trauma or injury they suffered. Instead, they hold on to it, reliving the negative feelings associated with the injury, because it gives them something they relish. In”
― Leslie Wolfe, The Girl Hunter

“the brain is a fragile thing, creating alternate realities when the real one is too painful to endure.”
― Leslie Wolfe, The Girl from Silent Lake

“When exactly did humans stop using rational thought in their day-by-day processes? Was it when workloads grew like cancer and the fight to survive dumbed us down to agitated amoeba levels? Was it when the culture we live in no longer respected the individual’s right to rest, to think, to create? In any case, regardless of means, it happened.”
― Leslie Wolfe, Taker of Lives

“Please,” Alison said, “she’s just a little girl.” A lopsided smile tugged at the corner of the man’s mouth. “She is, isn’t she?” Then he added, sounding almost bitter. “They always are.”
― Leslie Wolfe, The Girl from Silent Lake

“must’ve been the dumbest little mouse in her game,”
― Leslie Wolfe, If I Go Missing

“Men like him never stopped killing.”
― Leslie Wolfe, The Girl from Silent Lake

“and college years on the basketball court, where he was barely tolerated because of his height. He’d seen pro players and had envied their stature, convinced that hoops had something to do with it. Believing he could maybe override his genetics and squeeze a little more elevation from his growing bones, he spared no effort. He ended up almost three inches taller than his father, which meant his efforts had probably paid off some, but he was no Michael”
― Leslie Wolfe, The Girl You Killed

“How she’d cried at the root of one, looking up through the branches at Grandma Aiyana’s body and calling her name until Grandpa Old Bear had covered her mouth with his warm, withered hand and taught her to never call the dead, to let the spirit be on its way, undisturbed by the grief of the living.”
― Leslie Wolfe, The Girl from Silent Lake

“Then, what makes some species sacred and other species game, by your twisted standards? Where’s that line drawn?”
― Leslie Wolfe, The Watson Girl