"I never imagined anyone breaking in here. Honestly, what did the son of a bitch get out of it?"
"Graves and stones and words and music weren't for the dead, but the living they left behind."
"I took the lead in the semis. Give me some luck for the finals, Morgan."
"Take a break from all this. Come with me to family dinner."
"She cleaned every inch of what had been her home and now represented a fight she’d already lost."
"Morgan agreed, and cleaned the house again for what the Realtor called a postholiday showing."
"She sat back, shut her eyes, and realized she felt nothing but relief."
"No matter how she’d braced for it, saying goodbye proved harder than she’d imagined."
"With the paperwork complete, the new owners beaming, she comforted herself that someone would love what could no longer be hers."
"She drove away from the first whispers of spring and into the firm grip of winter."
"There was beauty here—maybe frozen at this time, but beauty."
"She pushed on, veering west with the road out of the forest."
"The stress of this past year shows, baby of my baby."
"You need to move forward—somehow, somewhere."
"You can make dinner once a month on your day off."
"You meet the public every day now. You need to look your best."
"Congratulations on your first day as manager."
"Friday night. The end of the workweek for many meant a busy night at Après."
"He kills Nina because she was there. What if—"
"I'm going to get a new car. I'm going today. My grandmother wouldn't take no on it."
"Let him show his face around Westridge. Let him try."
"I'll get in touch with us, and the local police, if he makes any attempt to contact you."
"I'm going to turn in that rattletrap you're driving and buy a new car."
"In conclusion I tell Anne Vincent I’ll remove the poop if she agrees to pay for the cost of having the evidence analyzed to identify the breed of the dog it came from."
"I tell her if she does that, she’ll land in one of my cells in a half a quick minute."
"It’s a lot. Then I decide to go into the fitness center for a workout, and I see her on one of the treadmills. Strolling. What’s the point of getting on one if you’re going to stroll?"
"It’s the first time I’ve seen her relaxed and happy in weeks."
"If anyone were to ask, he’d come to New Orleans to research his novel, to allow himself to become absorbed in the culture, the ambiance of New Orleans."
"You’ve got arms like Linda Hamilton in Terminator Two."
"The high ceilings and beams, the warm colors, the use of American antiques and art. And the Lounge is really welcoming."
"He needs to believe he’s in the front of your mind."
"She’s Mrs. Fisk on steroids. She puts the ‘zilla’ in ‘bridezilla.’"
"You don’t need anybody to see it to know you’re in charge. It just is."
"It’s like if I talk about it, it’ll stop rolling."
"You’ve just turned a really hard knock around. I’ll think of more to say later, but right now, you turned it around."
"I’m glad you were here, Miles. I’m glad she wasn’t alone."
"Because the cruelty is the point. He didn’t kill her grandparents, because that’s not what he does."
"I didn’t want you to matter, but you do. So this is happening."
"I'm going to ask… you and Jake. Any thoughts?"
"We'll just do a little check on our good friend Morgan."
"He's out of his element, using off-brand motels, shit-can vehicles, and he hasn't had a kill since South Carolina."
"After I kiss you on the mouth—deal with it—I'm going home to my long-suffering saint of a husband and making a baby."
"That ought to do it. Yeah, that ought to do it just fine."
"I’ve had this feeling, and it’s getting stronger, he’s playing us."
"I swear I’d kill for some real sunshine, some heat."
"He's also pissed off. And who's to blame for all of it?"