Ann Rule Quotes

“Just be careful," a Seattle homicide detective warned. "Maybe we'd better know where to find your dental records in case we need to identify you."
I laughed, but the words were jarring; the black humor that would surround Ted Bundy evermore begun.”
― Ann Rule, The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story

“Some people hate the smell of hospitals. I hate the smell of jails and prisons, all the same: stale cigarette smoke, Pine-Sol, urine, sweat, and dust.”
― Ann Rule, The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story

“I ended that letter, 'There is nothing in this life that is a complete tragedy - nothing - try to remember that.' Looking back, I wonder at my naiveté. Some things in life ARE complete tragedies. Ted Bundy's story may well be one of them.”
― Ann Rule, The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story

“He was a shadow man, fighting to survive in a world that was never made for him.”
― Ann Rule