Then again, Paul had once told her that there was no such thing as coincidence. The Law of Truly Large Numbers provides that given a large enough sample size, any outrageous thing can happen.
Then I ask myself what would happen if that grimy metal mesh were taken away. What would a man like Ben Carver do to me if there were no guards posted, no barrier between us? Would he explicate Spense...
Their whole life, they’re the center of attention. People want to be around them just because they’re attractive. Their jokes are funnier. Their lives are better. And then suddenly, they get bags unde...
Talk about sloppy seconds. Was there such a thing as sloppy thousandths?
Sweetheart, I know you’re an adult, but adults are like vampires. The older ones are much more powerful. Claire
She took him for granted sometimes. That was the luxury of a long marriage. But she knew that she loved him. She needed him. He was the anchor that kept her from drifting away.
She said, Where is Lydia? I’m calling you from a comsat phone with a scrambler. Do you know what that is? Why the fuck would I know what that is? Comsat is an abbreviation for a series of communicatio...
She knew from before: the moment se let her guard down, the world would spiral into a distant but familiar abyss.
She had dozens, even hundreds, of friends, but not one single person knew all of the pieces of her.
She called him Bartleby, after the well-known scrivener: pallidly neat, pitiably respectable, incurably forlorn. I likened him more to some form of rat terrier: arrogant.
People didn’t believe in you unless you convinced them that you believed in yourself.
Nolan slapped his palms down on the table. Ya know, Claire, you should really start answering my questions. Why? Because I’m with the FBI. My side always wins. You keep saying that, but I do not think...
No matter how far you run, you always ended up back where you started.
No amount of flowers or pretty compliments could ever measure up to a man who did housework.
Nancy’s last sentence is on the last page in your file. There is nothing more we know. As the sheriff might say, we don’t have anything farther.
It’s very important for your life to have meaning. Even on the days it makes you unhappy, you still need a purpose.
His words hung between them, and Faith tried to pin down when exactly their relationship had gone from cooly professional to personal. There was something so kind about him under his awkward manners a...
Her hearing had faded out as soon as he’d touched her—maybe it was the angels playing harps or the exploding fireworks. Maybe her drink was too strong or her heart was too lonely.
Her capacity for detail was astounding, if not highly annoying during arguments.
Her birthday was yesterday, August twentieth. Why had Laura said that she was born in January? 6 Andy drove up and down what seemed like the city of Carrollton’s main drag.