Break No Bones Quotes
"Violence wounds the body and it wounds the soul. Of the predator. Of the prey. Of the mourners. Of collective humanity. It diminishes us all."
"In my view, death in anonymity is the ultimate insult to human dignity."
"While I cannot make the dead live again, I can reunite victims with their names, and give those left behind some measure of closure."
"I have come to think of violence as a self-perpetuating mania of the power of the aggressive over those less strong."
"Friends ask how I can bear to do the work that I do. It is simple. I am committed to demolishing the maniacs before they demolish more innocents."
"Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. I have non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. NHL. And I'm not talking hockey."
"The goal is not to make the dead live again, but to give the dead their names back."
"They're having a lot of success with lymphoma these days."
"You're not going anywhere until a doctor releases you."
"Don't touch the body. I'll be there in an hour."
"That 'worm food' is one of the Lord's own souls, just like the rest of us."
"You want to shut your mouth long enough to listen?"
"Sorry." Emma pushed the hair from her forehead.
"I'll do it if you promise to go straight home to bed."
"I couldn't reach into my friend's marrow and restore the life her own cells were taking from her. But I could ply my trade and ease her professional concerns."
"As it did so, the Lowcountry was again preparing to give up a secret."
"Finding a morgue attendant, I explained who I was and that I was acting on behalf of the coroner."
"This eyelash is black. The man on Dewees had pale blond hair."
"A type of DNA that traces through maternal relatives." Oversimplified, but good enough.
"If these boys are linked, we got us a double homicide. Hypothetically speaking, of course."
"Maybe they witnessed something that got them both killed."
"You're a profiler now?" Acknowledging Pete's references to victim types preferred by John Gacy and Ted Bundy.
"I've learned that C on a tab means the case was closed."
"Cheating spouses. Missing parents. Runaway teens. Few had happy endings."
"I was so pumped about getting into Cruikshank's hard drive, I didn't stop for lunch."
"I don't have enough personal information," I said to the empty kitchen.
"I'm afraid he's somewhere being held against his will," said Aikman.
"Parker Ethridge wasn't home and was never seen again."
"Georgia's parents hired Cruikshank to find their daughter. He did."
"What you're giving me on Daniels isn't any better."
"Funny world, isn't it? Big boy like that's a nurse while tiny little girls are fighting in Iraq."
"Students, store clerks, assembly plant workers, some as young as ten years."
"The same number was dialed on May ninth at four oh six P.M. Lasted thirty-seven seconds."
"You can't tel me slicing and sewing folks is an easy job."
"Wilie Helms disappeared in September of 2001."
"Thanks to you, Gulet and his moronic DA have falen into the trap of believing ridiculously circumstantial evidence."
"Kil who? There won't be any more surgeries at that clinic."
"The thought struck like a tsunami. Unbidden. Unforeseen. Shocking."
"Daniels was right-handed. Marshal was left-handed."
"I'm clearing the newspaper from Pete's bed, trying not to rustle."
"I grabbed at my throat. I was gasping and could barely speak."
"You caused me great harm. It's payback time, Dr. Brennan."
"I knew he was anxious to get back to his clients."
"I began pacing, working the cuticle with my teeth."