“We plan our days, but we don’t control them.”
― Before We Were Yours
― Before We Were Yours
“I love reading true crime, but I’ve always been aware of the fact that, as a reader, I am actively choosing to be a consumer of someone else’s tragedy. So like any responsible consumer, I try to be careful in the choices I make. I read only the best: writers who are dogged, insightful, and humane.”
― I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
― I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
“Because we only reveal our true selves to the people we care about most.”
― The Light We Lost
― The Light We Lost
“The first thing that happens at the end of the world is that we don’t know what is happening.”
― Future Home of the Living God
― Future Home of the Living God
“Shaw also said, alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.”
― The Woman in the Window
― The Woman in the Window
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