Pat Donlin

“The profession, either navy or army, is its own justification. It has every thing in its favour; heroism, danger, bustle, fashion. Soldiers and sailors are always acceptable in society. Nobody can wonder that men are soldiers and sailors.”
― Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

“Well, this bastard isn’t retarded.” She looked up at me, her eyes hard. “Of course he isn’t,” Wesley agreed. “Psychopaths are anything but stupid. What we want to do is make the guy think we think he’s stupid. Hit him where it hurts—his goddam pride, which is hooked up with his grandiose notions of his off-the-charts IQ.”
― Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Postmortem

“Since I was not a gullible person, I desperately wanted to learn more. My journey of Christian apologetics had begun.”
― Steven Webster, Tragedy To Triumph A Marriage Reconciliation Love Story: Closer To God Closer Together

“Nobody phoned, nobody came and there weren’t any letters.” Parsons seemed proud of his empty life, as if it was evidence of respectability.”
― Ruth Rendell, From Doon With Death