Creep Quotes
"The problem wasn’t the sixteen-year age difference. It wasn’t even that she was his professor and he was her teaching assistant. The problem was that Sheila was engaged to Morris, and now the affair with Ethan had to stop."
"Sheila and her therapist had been working hard on this."
"You don’t want to know what I was thinking about."
"You’d be amazed how many tacky people come into this place. And God bless ’em. I wouldn’t be able to pay my rent otherwise."
"She arranged the papers on the desk into neat stacks to keep her hands from trembling, thinking hard about what she wanted to say next."
"Her eyes were fixed on the bracelet in dazed awe."
"It’s like I become someone else. The next day, I can’t remember where I was, who he was, or what we did."
"But I couldn’t bring myself to add that the wedding was in a little over a week."
"What’s your specific addiction anyway? Porn? Chat rooms? Multiple partners? What?"
"If you’ve done all the assigned readings and haven’t missed any lectures, you’ll be fine."
"Because of you I was able to salvage my relationship with two of my sons."
"So here’s your homework assignment for the week."
"I can’t imagine what the problem might be. Morris had never mentioned having difficulties maintaining erections before."
"You’re ballsy. I always liked that about you. Always so professional."
"Stop back in afterwards if you have time. I have an introductory necklace workshop starting in half an hour."
"Hell, if the private investigator couldn’t get him any answers, maybe Rosemary could."
"These kids today. They have no sense of danger."
"Exactly. I tell my sister—Keisha’s mother—to put the computer out in a central area in the house so she can monitor where the girl goes, what she does online."
"Sometimes the case is closed but you have this inkling there’s more to it."
"Phillip told Mom you haven’t heard from Sheila in a while? What happened?"
"You fuck with me, Sheila, I’ll end you. Without hesitation."
"I have no idea where she is. And frankly, I’m really worried."
"Funny, I wouldn’t have predicted this in a million years."
"Well, shit, this puts it all in a different light, knowing who she is and all."
"He was kind of touching her elbow, and he was limping a little."
"Are you finished?" Ethan stood in the doorway, his face turned to the side.
"We thought Dr. Tao left for personal reasons, but they made it sound like something bad happened."
"I’ll think about it. But right now, come the fuck out."
"You picked Morris. Morris with the big-ass Cadillac and big-ass house and big-ass bank job and big-ass bank account."
"I need to see her face, Jerry. She needs to tell me it’s over in person. At the very least, I deserve that."
"You think I can’t do any fucking thing I set my mind to?"
"I can’t stop you from going back there if that’s what you’re gonna do. You’re as stubborn as a bull, Morris."
"You’re quite possibly the most thickheaded person I’ve ever known."
"It’s not a crime to believe in your boyfriend. I’m sorry it turned out this way."
"Nothing made Jerry feel worse than to watch a woman cry. Especially one as beautiful and as vulnerable as this one."
"Ethan Wolfe is a smart guy. And a very good liar. He strikes me as the kind of person who could fool anyone."
"Like when Diana died. He was her TA, but he didn’t even seem bothered by it. Considering he was the one who sliced her throat, you’d think he’d have reacted in some way."
"You’ll never win, Sheila. You see that now, don’t you?"
"I’m not a killer. I only clean up the mess. Her mess. Always her mess. Not mine."
"It’s because of you." Randall bent down and kissed her cheek. "Thank you."